The schedule for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 was announced on Friday, where team India will be meeting head-on with Pakistan in their first match of the tournament on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), according to news agency ANI.
The Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, which is slated to be held in Australia between October 16- November 13, will be played across seven venues — Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Geelong, Hobart and Perth.
A total of 45 matches will be played across the seven venues ensuring the same national footprint as the postponed 2020 event.
In the First Round on October 16, Sri Lanka and Namibia will play the opening match of the Men’s T20 World Cup at Kardinia Park in Geelong. They’ll joined by two qualifiers in Group A. West Indies will also start in the First Round, joined in Group B by Scotland, and two qualifiers in Hobart.
In the Super 12, hosts Australia are in Group 1 with world’s number one England, New Zealand, Afghanistan, along with the winner of Group A and the runner-up in Group B from the First Round. Group 2 features India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, plus the winner of Group B and runner-up in Group A from the First Round.
On October 23, two of the world cricket’s biggest rivals will go face-to-face at the MCG, with India taking on Pakistan, which is also one of the first World Cup clash between the two nations. It comes before two more fierce rivals, Australia and England, meet at the same venue October 28.
The state-of-the-art Perth Stadium will host a huge Sunday double-header on October 30 with South Africa taking on India in the evening match. Earlier in the day, Pakistan play against the runners-up from Group A.
The T20 World Cup semi-finals will be played at the SCG and Adelaide Oval on November 9 and 10, respectively. It will also be the first time that Adelaide Oval will host a World Cup semi-final.
The final match will be contested under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 13.
