All you need to know about the 2022 T20 World Cup |Venues| teams| Where to watch?

The 2022 T20 World Cup will be the eighth edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. It will be played in Australia in October and November. Here are the details of the format, venues, timings, match schedules, and where you can watch it.

Venues

The tournament will be held in Australia. The matches will be held in 7 cities across 7 stadiums:

Melbourne: Melbourne Cricket Ground 

Sydney: Sydney Cricket Ground

Adelaide: Adelaide Oval

Brisbane: The Gabba

Perth: Perth Stadium

Hobart: Bellerive Oval

Geelong: Simonds Stadium

Groups

Round 1

Group A: Namibia, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, UAE

Group B: Zimbabwe, Ireland, Scotland, West Indies

Super 12

Group 1: Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, A1, B2

Group 2: India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, A2, B1

List of fixtures

8 teams will play in round 1 to qualify for the super 12s, top two teams from each group in round 1 will qualify for the next stage. The top two teams from the super 12s will qualify for the semifinals.

**Timings are in IST(Indian Standard Time)

Round 1

October 16: Sri Lanka vs Namibia, Geelong (9:30 AM) 

The United Arab Emirates vs the Netherlands, Geelong (1:30 PM)

October 17: West Indies vs Scotland, Hobart (9:30 AM);

Zimbabwe vs Ireland, Hobart (1:30 PM)

October 18: Namibia vs the Netherlands, Geelong (9:30 AM)

Sri Lanka vs the United Arab Emirates, Geelong (1:30 PM)

October 19: Scotland vs Ireland, Hobart( 9:30 AM)

West Indies vs Zimbabwe, Hobart(1:30 PM)

October 20: Sri Lanka vs the Netherlands, Geelong (9:30 AM) 

Namibia vs the United Arab Emirates, Geelong (1:30 PM)

October 21: West Indies vs Ireland, Hobart (9:30 AM) 

Scotland vs Zimbabwe, Hobart (1:30 PM)

October 22: New Zealand vs Australia, Sydney (12:30 AM)

England vs Afghanistan, Perth (4:30 PM)

October 23: A1 vs B2, Hobart (9:30 AM)

India vs Pakistan, Melbourne (1:30 PM)

October 24: Bangladesh vs A2, Hobart (9:30 AM)

South Africa vs B1, Hobart (1:30 PM)

October 25: Australia vs A1, Perth (4:30 PM)

October 26: England vs B2, Melbourne (9:30 AM)

New Zealand vs Afghanistan, Melbourne (1:30 PM)

October 27:  South Africa vs Bangladesh, Sydney (8:30 AM)

India vs A2 (12:30 PM), Sydney

Pakistan vs B1, Perth (4:30 PM)

October 28: Afghanistan vs B2, Melbourne (9:30 AM)

England vs Australia, Melbourne (1:30 PM)

October 29: New Zealand vs A1, Sydney (1:30 PM)

October 30: Bangladesh vs A1, Brisbane (8:30 AM)

Pakistan vs A2, Brisbane (1:30 PM) 

India vs South Africa, Perth (4:30 PM)

October 31: Australia vs B2, Brisbane (1:30 PM)

November 1: Afghanistan vs A1 (9:30AM), Brisbane

England vs New Zealand (1:30 PM), Brisbane

November 2: B1 vs A2 (9:30AM), Adelaide

India vs Bangladesh (1:30 PM) , Adelaide

November 3: Pakistan vs South Africa (1:30PM), Sydney

November 4: New Zealand vs B2, (9:30AM), Sydney

Australia vs Afghanistan (1:30PM), Sydney;

November 5: England vs A1 (1:30PM), Adelaide

November 6: South Africa vs A2 (5:30 AM), Adelaide 

Pakistan vs Bangladesh (9:30 AM), Adelaide

India vs B1 (1:30PM), Melbourne

November 9: TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi-Final (1:30PM), Sydney

November 10: TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi-Final (1:30PM), Adelaide

November 13: TBC vs TBC, Final (1:30PM), Melbourne

Squad list (T20 World Cup 2022)

Round 1 

Group A

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Nicol Loftie Eaton, Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Michael van Lingen, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Lohan Louwrens, Helao Ya France. 

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c), Colin Ackermann, Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Brandon Glover, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O’Dowd, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh.

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera (subject to fitness), Lahiru Kumara (subject to fitness), Dilshan Madushanka, Pramod Madushan. Standby Players: Ashen Bandara, Praveen Jayawickrema, Dinesh Chandimal, Binura Fernando, Nuwanidu Fernando.

United Arab Emirates: C P Rizwan (c), Vriitya Aravind, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Aryan Lakra, Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Ahmed Raza, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, Aayan Khan. 

Standby Players: Sultan Ahmed, Fahad Nawaz, Vishnu Sukumaran, Adithya Shetty, Sanchit Sharma.

Group B

Ireland: Andrew Balbirnie (c), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Conor Olphert, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Graham Hume.

Scotland: Richard Berrington (c), George Munsey, Michael Leask, Bradley Wheal, Chris Sole, Chris Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Josh Davey, Matthew Cross, Calum MacLeod, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Michael Jones, Craig Wallace.

West Indies: Nicholas Pooran (c), Rovman Powell, Yannic Cariah, Johnson Charles, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Kyle Mayers, Obed Mccoy, Raymon Reifer, Odean Smith, Shamarh Brooks.

Zimbabwe: Craig Ervine (c), Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Bradley Evans, Luke Jongwe, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Sean Williams. Standby Players: Tanaka Chivanga, Innocent Kaia, Kevin Kasuza, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Victor Nyauchi.

Super 12 

Group 1

Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 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. 

Standby Players: Afsar Zazai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib.

Australia: 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: 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. 

Standby Players: Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tymal Mills.

New Zealand: 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.

Group 2

Bangladesh: Shakib Al  Hasan (captain), Nurul Hasan, Afif Hossain, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Litton Das, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shoriful Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Musaddek Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Yasir Ali Chowdhury. Reserves: Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami. 

Standby Players: Mohammed Siraj, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood. 

Standby Players: Usman Qadir, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Rillee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen. 

Standby Players: Bjorn Fortuin, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lizaad Williams.

TV and telecast details

All the matches of the ICC men’s T20 World Cup 2022 will be broadcast LIVE on Star Sports Network and will be streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar website and app.

Past Winners

Australia are the defending champions, having won the last tournament in 2021.

List of countries that won the T20 World Cup

2007: India

2009: Pakistan

2010: England

2012: West Indies

2014: Sri Lanka

2016: West Indies

2021: Australia

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