T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule: T20 World Cup 2021 commenced on 17 October 2021 in Oman and the final will be played on 14 November 2021 between Australia and New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The winner will take home $1.6 million prize money along with the trophy.
ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Final: ICC Men's T20 World Cup Final will be played between Australia and New Zealand on 14 November 2021.
The BCCI was to host the event in India, however, due to the COVID-19 situation in the country, the event was shifted to UAE and Oman. BCCI, however, will continue to host the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in UAE and Oman.
The inaugural T20 World Cup 2021 match was held between Oman vs Papua New Guinea at Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat, which was won by Oman by 10 wickets.
The T20 World Cup Schedule 2021 released by the ICC is divided into two sections-- the first round for Group A and Group B, and the Super 12.
The Super 12 stage is scheduled to begin from October 23 and will include teams like India, Australia, West Indies and more. The semi-final will be played on 10 and 11 November 2021 while the final will be played on 14 November 2021. Both semi-finals and finals will have reserve days for bad weather conditions.
T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule
| Date and Day | Match and winner | Venue | Time |
| 17 October 2021, Sunday | Oman vs Papua New Guinea Oman won by 10 wickets | Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat | 3:30 p.m. |
| 17 October 2021, Sunday | Bangladesh vs Scotland Scotland won by 6 runs | Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat | 7:30 p.m. |
| 18 October 2021, Monday | Ireland vs Netherlands Ireland won by 7 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 18 October 2021, Monday | Sri Lanka vs Namibia Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 19 October 2021, Tuesday | Scotland vs Papua New Guinea Scotland won by 17 runs | Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat | 3:30 p.m. |
| 19 October 2021, Tuesday | Oman vs Bangladesh Bangladesh won by 26 runs | Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat | 7:30 p.m. |
| 20 October 2021, Wednesday | Namibia vs Netherlands Namibia won by 6 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 20 October 2021, Wednesday | Ireland vs Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 70 runs | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 21 October 2021, Thursday | Bangladesh vs Papua New Guinea Bangladesh won by 88 runs | Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat | 3:30 p.m. |
| 21 October 2021, Thursday | Oman vs Scotland Scotland won by 8 wickets | Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat | 7:30 p.m. |
| 22 October 2021, Friday | Namibia vs Ireland Namibia won by 8 wickets | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 3:30 p.m. |
| 22 October 2021, Friday | Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 p.m. |
| 23 October 2021, Saturday | Australia vs South Africa Australia won by 5 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 23 October 2021, Saturday | England vs West Indies England won by 6 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 24 October 2021, Sunday | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 3:30 p.m. |
| 24 October 2021, Sunday | India vs Pakistan Pakistan won by 10 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 25 October 2021, Monday | Afghanistan vs Scotland Afghanistan won by 130 runs | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 p.m. |
| 26 October 2021, Tuesday | South Africa vs West Indies South Africa won by 8 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 3:30 p.m. |
| 26 October 2021, Tuesday | Pakistan vs New Zealand Pakistan won by 5 wickets | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 p.m. |
| 27 October 2021, Wednesday | England vs Bangladesh England won by 8 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 27 October 2021, Wednesday | Scotland vs Namibia Namibia won by 4 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 28 October 2021, Thursday | Australia vs Sri Lanka Australia won by 7 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 29 October 2021, Friday | West Indies vs Bangladesh West Indies won by 3 runs | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 3:30 p.m. |
| 29 October 2021, Friday | Pakistan vs Afghanistan Pakistan won by 5 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 30 October 2021, Saturday | South Africa vs Sri Lanka South Africa won by 4 wickets | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 3:30 p.m. |
| 30 October 2021, Saturday | Australia vs England England won by 8 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 31 October 2021, Sunday | Afghanistan vs Namibia Afghanistan won by 62 runs | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 31 October 2021, Sunday | India vs New Zealand New Zealand won by 8 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 1 November 2021, Monday | England vs Sri Lanka England won by 26 runs | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 p.m. |
| 2 November 2021, Tuesday | South Africa vs Bangladesh South Africa won by 6 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 2 November 2021, Tuesday | Pakistan vs Namibia Pakistan won by 45 runs | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 3 November 2021, Wednesday | New Zealand vs Scotland New Zealand won by 16 runs | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 3:30 p.m. |
| 3 November 2021, Wednesday | India vs Afghanistan India won by 66 runs | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 4 November 2021, Thursday | Australia vs Bangladesh Australia won by 8 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 3:30 p.m. |
| 4 November 2021, Thursday | West Indies vs Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 20 runs | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 5 November 2021, Friday | New Zealand vs Namibia New Zealand won by 52 runs | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 3:30 p.m. |
| 5 November 2021, Friday | India vs Scotland India won by 8 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 6 November 2021, Saturday | Australia vs West Indies Australia won by 8 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 6 November 2021, Saturday | England vs South Africa South Africa won by 10 runs | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 p.m. |
| 7 November 2021, Sunday | New Zealand vs Afghanistan New Zealand won by 8 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 3:30 p.m. |
| 7 November 2021, Sunday | Pakistan vs Scotland Pakistan won by 72 runs | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | 7:30 p.m. |
| 8 November 2021, Monday | India vs Namibia India won by 9 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 10 November 2021, Wednesday | Semi-final England vs New Zealand New Zealand won by 5 wickets | Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7:30 p.m. |
| 11 November 2021, Thursday | Semi-final Pakistan vs Australia Australia won by 5 wickets | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
| 14 November 2021, Sunday | Final New Zealand vs Australia | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai | 7:30 p.m. |
T20 World Cup Teams: Round 1 and Super 12 Teams
Round 1
Group A: Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Namibia
Group B: Bangladesh, Scotland, Papua New Guinea, Oman
Super 12 stage
Group 1: England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, top seed Group A, second seed Group B
Group 2: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan, second seed Group A, top seed Group B
Interesting Facts about ICC T20 World Cup 2021
1- The inaugural edition was won by India in 2007.
2- West Indies is the most successful team in the T20 format having won two titles so far. It is also the defending champion of the T20 World Cup when it was held in India in 2016.
3- A total of 16 teams play against each other to win the title.
4- The winning team will take home the trophy, along with hefty prize money of $1.6 million. The runner up will take home $800,000.
Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the Super 12 between two arch-rivals India and Pakistan which is scheduled to take place on 24 October 2021. The latter has not won a single ICC World Cup match (ODI and T20I) against India. It will be interesting to watch if the men in blue will continue to maintain this streak or not.
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