ICC T20 World Cup 2016 is all set to kick off from March 8th 2016 with host India looks to be favourite to win the tournament. The tournament will go till April 3rd 2016 with Kolkata to host final. ICC announced the groups and schedule of the T20 World Cup 2016 with eight venues chosen for the tournament.
The total prize money for 2016 T20 World Cup is $5.6 million, an increase of 86 percent as compare to 2014 T20 World Cup. There have been always different winners for ICC T20 World Cup every time it was played. The tournament has seen 5 different teams wining the cup.
T20 World Cup | Who Won And When | History
First ICC T20 World Cup 2007 tournament Winner – INDIA
Second ICC T20 World Cup 2009 tournament Winner – PAKISTAN
Third ICC T20 World Cup 2010 tournament Winner – ENGLAND
Fourth ICC T20 World Cup 2012 tournament Winner – WEST INDIES
Fifth ICC T20 World Cup 2014 tournament Winner – SRI LANKA
Sixth ICC T20 World Cup 2016 tournament Winner – TO BE DECIDED.
ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2016 SCHEDULE
Round 1 – The 1st round of the tournament will take place in two venues | Dharamsala & Nagpur from 8th to 13th March 2016 and will feature 2 groups. Group A – Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland, and Oman, Group B – Zimbabwe, Scotland, Hong Kong and Afghanistan.
| Date | Teams – Matches | Venue | Time |
| 8th March 2016, Tuesday | Zimbabwe v Hong Kong
Scotland v Afghanistan |
Nagpur |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 9th March 2016, Wednesday | Bangladesh v Netherlands
Ireland v Oman |
Dharamsala |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 10th March 2016, Thursday | Scotland v Zimbabwe
Hong Kong v Afghanistan |
Nagpur |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 11th March 2016, Friday | Netherlands v Oman
Bangladesh v Ireland |
Dharamsala |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 12th March 2016, Saturday | Zimbabwe v Afghanistan
Scotland v Hong Kong |
Nagpur |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 13th March 2016, Sunday | Netherlands v Ireland
Bangladesh v Oman |
Dharamsala |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
Round 2 – The top winners from A and B group will join the Super 10 stage teams. The other 8 nations already qualified for Super 10 are : Host – India, Australia, England, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and West Indies.
ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2016 Group A Super 10 : Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, England and winner of group B (Qualifier 1B –> Afghanistan).
ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2016 Group A Super 10 : India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and winner of group A (Qualifier 1A –> Bangladesh).
| Date | Teams – Matches | Venue | Time |
| 15th March 2016, Tuesday | India vs New Zealand
( New Zealand Won) |
Nagpur |
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 16th March 2016, Wednesday | West Indies v England
( West Indies WON) Pakistan v Bangladesh (Pakistan WON) |
Mumbai
Kolkata |
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) |
| 17th March 2016, Thursday | Sri Lanka v Afghanistan
(Sri Lanka Won) |
Kolkata | 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 18th March 2016, Friday | Australia v New Zealand
(New Zealand Won) South Africa v England (England Won) |
Dharamsala
Mumbai |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 19th March 2016, Saturday | India v Pakistan
(India Won) |
Dharamsala
|
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 20th March 2016, Sunday | South Africa v Afghanistan
(South Africa Won) Sri Lanka v West Indies (West Indies Won ) |
Mumbai
Bengaluru |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 21st March 2016, Monday | Australia v Bangladesh
(Australia Won) |
Bengaluru |
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 22nd March 2016, Tuesday | New Zealand v Pakistan
(New Zealand Won) |
Mohali |
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 23rd March 2016, Wednesday | England v Afghanistan
(England Won) India v Bangladesh (India Won) |
New Delhi
Bengaluru |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 25th March 2016, Friday | Pakistan v Australia
(Pakistan won) South Africa v West Indies (West Indies Won) |
Mohali
Nagpur |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 26th March 2016, Saturday | Bangladesh v New Zealand
(New Zealand won) England v Sri Lanka (England won) |
Kolkata
New Delhi |
15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 27th March 2016, Sunday | India v Australia
(india won) Afghanistan v West Indies (Afghanistan Won) |
Mohali
Nagpur |
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) 15:00 IST (09:30 GMT) |
| 28th March 2016, Monday | South Africa v Sri Lanka
(South Africa won) |
New Delhi | 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 30th March 2016, Wednesday | SEMI FINAL 1st
England vs New Zealand (England Won) |
New Delhi | 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT)
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 31st March 2016, Thursday | SEMI FINAL 2nd
India vs West Indies (West Indies Won ) |
Mumbai | 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT)
19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
| 3rd April 2016, Sunday | FINAL
England vs West Indies (West Indies Won) |
Kolkata | 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT) |
Note : – PM means match will start in Afternoon, and EVEN means match will start in Evening as per India Timings.
ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2016 TEAMS SQUAD
India Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bhumrah, Ashish Nehra, Pawan Negi, and Mohd Shami.
West Indies Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Darren Sammy (captain), Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, and Jerome Taylor.
New Zealand Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Kane Williamson (captain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan, Colin Munro, Nathan McCullum, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee and Ross Taylor.
Hong Kong Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Tanwir Afzal (captain), Mark Chapman (vice-capt), Haseeb Amjad, Nadeem Ahmed, Tanwir Ahmed, James Atkinson, Waqas Barkat, Ryan Campbell, Christopher Carter, Babar Hayat, Nizakat Khan, Aizaz Khan, Waqas Khan, Kinchit Shah and Anshuman Rath.
Bangladesh Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Arafat Sunny, Abu Haider and Nurul Hasan.
Sri Lanka Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Sachithra Senanayake, Thisara Perera, Chamara Kapugedera, Milinda Siriwardana, Dilhara Fernando, Seekkuge Prasanna, Niroshan Dickwella, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Dasun Shanaka, Asela Gunaratne, Binura Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay and Kasun Rajitha.
Pakistan Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Anwar Ali, Khurram Manzoor, Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Rumman Raees and Mohammad Nawaz.
South Africa Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Faf du Plessis (captain), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn and David Wiese.
Australia Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Steven Smith (c), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill (wk), Andrew Tye, Shane Watson and Adam Zamp.
England Squad T20 World Cup 2016 : Eoin Morgan (Capt), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Liam Dawson, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Vince and David Willey.
ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2016 Live STREAMING
In India, the match will be live telecast on Star Sports which has already earned the rights to air all the T20 World Cup matches. Fox Sports and Channel 9 are expected to broad cast all the T20 World Cup 2016 matches in Australia. On the other hand, Sky Sports will bring live action of T20 World Cup 2016 in New Zealand & UK. People from USA who follow cricket can enjoy World Cup on Willow TV & ESPN 3 channel.
In India, apart from this the Twenty 20 World Cup 2016 can also be seen as live streamed on internet at Star Sports Official Website [http://www.starsports.com].
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