T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule: In 2021, T20 Men’s World Cup likely be played 17 October to 14 November in UAE and Oman only a day after IPL 2021 Final Match.
Cricket Lover’s will be waiting for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. This is the seventh edition ICC T20 World Cup will going to start only a day after the Final Match of Indian Premier League 2021.
OgroNews.Com understands that, T20 World Cup tournament will be played in the UAE like IPL 2021. The remainder of IPL 2021 will be played in the UAE, starting September 19. However, if you searching for T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule, Venue, Cricket Team and more, so here you will get the official update.
T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule
Originally, the ICC T20 World Cup tournament was to be held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020. After that, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed in July 2020, that the tournament had been postponed until 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moreover, In August 2020, the ICC also confirmed that India would host the T20 Men’s 2021 tournament. Due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, the ICC announced that the tournament had been moved to the UAE (United Arab Emirates).
However, ICC T20 Cricket World Cup tournament will begin on 17 October 2021, just two days after the 2021 Indian Premier League final. But the preliminary rounds of the tournament are set to be held in Oman. As per the reports, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Scotland, and more team will play in the first round.
When will start T20 World Cup 2021?
As per the ESPNcricinfo, IPL 2021 Final match will be played on 15, October 2021 and will be followed by the first match of the World Cup on October 17. As far as the final of the tournament is concerned, it will be played on 14 November 2021.
Cricket Lover’s must note that there are high chances of one of the venues in UAE co-hosting Round 1 alongside Oman. Round 2 (also known as Super 12s), which is expected to commence from October 24, will be entirely played across three UAE venues namely Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai.
Total 12 teams will be divided into two groups of six each in the second round. As per the Cricket Board Formula, the top two teams from both the groups will eventually quality for the knockout phase which will comprise of two semi-finals and a final match.