ICC's biggest T20 tournament, T20 World Cup is back with the eighth edition. The tournament will be hosted and scheduled to be played in Australia from October 16, 2022, to November 13, 2022. The tournament was to be held in 2020, however, due to Covid Pandemic, the International Cricket Council (ICC) postponed the tournament. In August 2020, the ICC confirmed that Australia would host the rearranged tournament in 2022, with the T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in India in 2021 as originally planned, but was later moved to UAE. Hosts Australia is also the defending champions. Here are all the details of teams, squad, timing, telecast, and Live Streaming of the T20 World cup 2022:
T20 World cup 2022 Groups
Twelve teams will be participating in the tournament. India, Australia, New Zealand, England, Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Africa, and Bangladesh are the 8 confirmed teams, and four teams from Sri Lanka, West Indies, UAE, Netherlands, Namibia, Scotland, Zimbabwe, and Ireland will capture the last four spots in the qualifier round will take place ahead of the tournament and the Group A and B winners and the Runner-ups will grab the spot of 9th to 12th. The group stage qualifier will start on October 16, 2022.
Super 12 Teams and Groups
Group A: Australia, England, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Group A winner, Group B Runner-up
Group B: India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, Group B winner, Group A Runner-up
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India's Group stage matches
23 October 2022: India vs Pakistan- Melbourne
27 October 2022: India vs Group A Runnerup- Sydney
28 October 2022: India vs South Africa- Perth
2 November 2022: India vs Bangladesh- Adelaide
6 November 2022: India vs Group B winner- Melbourne
T20 world cup 2022 Full schedule
Round 1 Schedule
16 Oct 2022: Sri Lanka VS Namibia, 9:30 AM, Kardinia Park - Geelong
16 Oct 2022: UAE VS Netherlands, 1:30 PM, Kardinia Park - Geelong
17 Oct 2022: West Indies VS Scotland, 9:30 AM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
17 Oct 2022: Zimbabwe VS Ireland, 1:30 PM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
18 Oct 2022: Namibia VS Netherlands, 9:30 AM, Kardinia Park - Geelong
18 Oct 2022: Sri Lanka VS the UAE, 1:30 PM, Kardinia Park - Geelong
19 Oct 2022: Scotland VS Ireland, 9:30 AM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
19 Oct 2022: West Indies VS Zimbabwe, 1:30 PM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
20 Oct 2022: Sri Lanka VS Netherlands, 9:30 AM, Kardinia Park - Geelong
20 Oct 2022: Namibia VS the UAE, 1:30 PM, Kardinia Park - Geelong
21 Oct 2022: West Indies VS Ireland, 9:30 AM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
21 Oct 2022: Scotland VS Zimbabwe, 1:30 PM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
Super 12 Group stage schedule
22 Oct 2022: Australia vs New Zealand, 12:30 PM, Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney
22 Oct 2022: England vs Afghanistan, 4:30 PM, Perth Stadium - Burswood
23 Oct 2022: A1 vs B2, 9:30 AM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
23 Oct 2022: India vs Pakistan, 1:30 PM, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
24 Oct 2022: Bangladesh vs A2, 9:30 AM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
24 Oct 2022: South Africa vs B1, 1:30 PM, Bellerive Oval - Hobart
25 Oct 2022: Australia vs A1, 4:30 PM, Perth Stadium - Burswood
26 Oct 2022: England vs B2, 9:30 AM, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
26 Oct 2022: New Zealand vs Afghanistan, 1:30 PM, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
27 Oct 2022: South Africa vs Bangladesh, 8:30 AM, Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney
27 Oct 2022: India vs A2, 12:30 PM, Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney
27 Oct 2022: Pakistan vs B1, 4:30 PM, Perth Stadium - Perth
28 Oct 2022: Afghanistan vs B2, 9:30 AM, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
28 Oct 2022: England vs Australia, 1:30 PM, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
29 Oct 2022: New Zealand vs A1, 1:30 PM, Sydney Cricket ground - Sydney
30 Oct 2022: Bangladesh vs B1, 8:30 AM, The Gabba - Brisbane
30 Oct 2022: Pakistan vs A2, 12:30 PM, Perth Stadium - Perth
30 Oct 2022: India vs South Africa, 4:30 PM, Perth Stadium - Perth
31 Oct 2022: Australia vs B2, 1:30 PM, The Gabba - Brisbane
1 Nov 2022: Afghanistan vs A1, 9:30 AM, The Gabba - Brisbane
1 Nov 2022: England vs New Zealand, 1:30 PM, The Gabba - Brisbane
2 Nov 2022: B1 vs A2, 9:30 AM, Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
2 Nov 2022: India vs Bangladesh, 1:30 PM, Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
3 Nov 2022: Pakistan vs South Africa, 1:30 PM, Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney
4 Nov 2022: New Zealand vs B2, 9:30 AM, Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
4 Nov 2022: Australia vs Afghanistan, 1:30 PM, Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
5 Nov 2022: England vs A1, 1:30 PM, Sydney Cricket ground - Sydney
6 Nov 2022: South Africa vs A2: 5:30 AM, Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
6 Nov 2022: Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 9:30 AM, Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
6 Nov 2022: India vs B1, 1:30 PM, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
Knockouts and Final Schedule
9 Nov 2022, Semifinal 1, 1:30 PM, Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney
10 Nov 2022, Semifinal 2, 1:30 PM, Adelaide Oval - Adelaide
13 Nov 2022, Final, 1:30 PM, Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne
T20 world cup 2022 Squads
India's squad for the T20 World cup: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Australia's squad for the T20 World cup: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa
England's squad for the T20 World cup: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Alex Hales.
South Africa's squad for the T20 World cup: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Rillee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs. Reserves: Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo.
Bangladesh's squad for the T20 World cup: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mossadek Hossain, Litton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Nasum Ahmed.
Afghanistan's squad for the T20 World cup: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani
Pakistan's squad for the T20 World cup: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir
New Zealand's squad for the T20 World cup: Kane Williamson (c), Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Martin Guptill, Lachlan Ferguson, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Trent Boult, Finn Allen.
T20 World cup 2022 Venue
The tournament will take place in Australia and matches will be played at seven different venues and grounds. These grounds are-
1. Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
2. The Gabba, Brisbane
3. Kardinia Park, Geelong
4. Bellerive Oval, Hobart
5. Perth Stadium, Perth
6. Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
7. Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
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