ICC-Match-fixtures-and-schedule

UPDATE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced today the timings and warm-up schedule of the match. ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 is to be staged from 8 March to 3 April at 8 venues, in India.

The ICC has also revealed the warm-up matches schedule. Teams participating in the 1st round will be playing their warm-up matches in Dharamsala and Mohali from 3-6 March. Teams featuring in the 2nd round will be playing warm-up matches from 10-15 March in Kolkata and Mumbai respectively.


The warm-up matches of women will be taking place from 10-14 March in Bengaluru and Chennai.

Warm-up match schedule- men’s

  • 3 Mar – Zimbabwe v local side, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (15h00); Ireland v Hong Kong*, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (19h30)
  • 4 Mar – Netherlands v local side, Sector-16, Mohali (15h00); Scotland v Oman*, IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali (19h30)
  • 5 Mar – Ireland v Zimbabwe, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (15h00); Bangladesh v Hong Kong*, HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala (19h30)
  • 6 Mar – Scotland v Netherlands, Sector-16, Mohali (15h00); Oman v Afghanistan*, IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali (19h30)
  • 10 Mar – New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (19h30); India v West Indies, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (19h30)
  • 12 Mar – New Zealand v England, BKC, Mumbai (15h00); Pakistan v local side, JU, Kolkata (15h00); India v South Africa, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (19h30)
  • 13 Mar – Australia v West Indies, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (19h30)
  • 14 Mar – England v local side, BKC, Mumbai (15h00); Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (15h00)
  • 15 Mar – South Africa v local side, BKC, Mumbai (15h00)
  • *If Afghanistan, Oman or Hong Kong reach the second round of the Asia Cup, their warm-up matches will be rescheduled accordingly.

Warm-up match schedule- women’s

  • 10 Mar – India v Ireland, M. Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru (15h00); Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, M. Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru (19h30); New Zealand v Pakistan, MA Chidambaram, Chennai (19h30)
  • 12 Mar – Bangladesh v Ireland, M. Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru (15h00-18h15); Sri Lanka v India, M. Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru (19h30); New Zealand v England, Guru Nanak, Chennai (15h00); Pakistan v South Africa, MA Chidambaram, Chennai (19h30)
  • 14 Mar – West Indies v Australia, Guru Nanak, Chennai (15h00); South Africa v England, MA Chidambaram, Chennai (19h30)

 

The ICC T20 World Cup 2016 tournament is to be held in India; the 6th ICC World Cup T20 will start from March 8th till April 3rd, 2016 as announced by ICC after its first board meeting held in Dubai. India lost the T20 World Cup to Sri Lanka in 2014.

58 men’s and women’s matches are to be played at 8 venues from 8 March to 3 April; Semifinals will be held in Mumbai and New Delhi while Kolkata will stage the finals.

The ICC announced the groups and schedule on Friday last week. The 27-day tournament will be held in Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamsala, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi. The women’s semi-finals and final will then be followed by the men’s knock-out matches.

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The men’s event will carry a prize money of $5.6million while the prize money for the women’s event is $400,000. The first round matches of the men’s event will take place in Dharamsala and Nagpur starting from 8th-13th of March.

The group winners will be joining England, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Sri Lanka and host India in the Super 10 stage, which will be played alongside the women’s event from 15th-28th March 2016.

After taking on England in its tournament opener, the West Indies will square off against Sri Lanka (20 March in Bengaluru), South Africa (25 March in Nagpur) and the Group B winner (27 March in Nagpur).

The Groups announced for the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 is as follows:

Men’s
 
First round (group winners to progress to second round)
 
Group A – Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland and Oman
Group B – Zimbabwe, Scotland, Hong Kong and Afghanistan
 
Second round groups
 
Super 10 Group 1 – Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, England and winner group B (Q1B)

Super 10 Group 2 – India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and winner group A (Q1A)
 
Women’s
 
Group A – Australia (A1), South Africa (A2), New Zealand (A3), Sri Lanka (A4) and Ireland (A5)
Group B – England (B1), West Indies (B2), India (B3), Pakistan (B4) and Bangladesh (B5)

View the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 schedule below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUQvW75qFxQ



  • March 15th, Tuesday: New Zeland vs India 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Nagpur
  • March 16th, Wednesday: Pakistan vs TBD (A1) 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT), Kolkata
  • March 16th, Wednesday: West Indies vs England 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Mumbai
  • March 17th, Thursday: Sri Lanka vs TBD (B1) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Kolkata
  • March 18th, Friday: Australia vs New Zealand 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT), Dharamsala
  • March 18th, Friday: South Africa vs England 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Mumbai
  • March 19th, Saturday: India vs Pakistan 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Kolkata
  • March 20th, Sunday: South Africa vs TBD (B1) 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT), Mumbai
  • March 20th, Sunday: Sri Lanka vs West Indies 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Bengaluru
  • March 21th, Monday: Australia vs TBD (A1) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Bengaluru
  • March 22nd, Tuesday: New Zealand vs Pakistan 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Mohali
  • March 23rd, Wednesday: England vs TBD (B1) 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT), Delhi
  • March 23rd, Wednesday: India vs TBD (A1) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Bengaluru
  • March 25th, Friday: Pakistan vs Australia 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT), Mohali
  • March 25th, Friday: South Africa vs West Indies 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Nagpur
  • March 26th, Saturday: TBD (A1) vs New Zealand 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT), Kolkata
  • March 26th, Saturday: Sri Lanka vs England 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Delhi
  • March 27th, Sunday: TBD (B1) vs West indies 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT), Nagpur
  • March 27th, Sunday: India vs Australia 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Mohali
  • March 28th, Monday: South Africa vs Sri Lanka 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Delhi
  • March 30th, Wednesday: TBD vs TBD 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Delhi
  • March 31st, Thursday: TBD vs TBD 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Mumbai
  • April 3rd, Sunday: TBD vs TBD 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT), Kolkata

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Star Sports has earned the rights to air the matches in India. Star Sports will also be live streaming the World Cup matches in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Fox Sports and Channel 9 will show matches in Australia. ESPN will air the match in  the USA. PTV Sports will air all the matches in Pakistan.

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