The ICC released the T20 World Cup 2021 schedule as early as the month of August. Hosts Oman will take on Papua New Guinea in the first Round 1 fixture of the tournament on 17 October 2021 at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground. The first round will see all the eight teams playing three games each to decide the four teams that will go on to the Super 12 stage.
The first-ever Cricket World Cup in the shortest format of the game was hosted by South Africa in 2007. Team India’s new-found captain MS Dhoni and his young team climbed great heights and won the inaugural tournament. It paved the way for the Indian Premier League in 2008. Since then, the T20 format has seen new world champions like Pakistan , England , West Indies and Sri Lanka . • In 16 T20Is against played between the two sides both the teams have 8 wins each. This is, in quite literal terms, one of the biggest “the nation wants to know” questions.
World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot. World Cups feature official match balls specially designed for each tournament. After Slazenger produced the ball for the 1966 World Cup Adidas became the official supplier to FIFA. Each World Cup also has an official song, which have been performed by artists ranging from Shakira to Will Smith.
With his dismissals to Shaheen Afridi in the last match, it was the 14th time Rohit was dismissed by a Left-arm pacer in T20Is, his average of 25.29 is the lowest among all the bowler types. Out of his 12 wickets 83.33% of Shami’s wickets have come in theBilateral T20I series and in 4 innings he has managed to pick just 2 wickets and averages 65.00 which is 90% higher compared to his average of 34.10. But in T20Is for India Shami has picked 12 wickets at an average of 39.25 which is the worst among all the Indian bowlers with min. 10 wickets. • Guptill had a quiet start to his World cup campaign this year vs PAK scoring 17 off 20 balls striking at 85. • Overall, in T20 World Cup he has scored ten fifties in which is the most by batsman in the tournament. Is that why Kishan was promoted straight to the top?
New Zealand are one hit away from winning the match now. Well, New Zealand had only 111 runs to chase and they did that with utmost ease. Their openers, Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell started well but just as the former was looking to tee off he perished. Daryl Mitchell though carried on his merry way and he found boundaries at will in the middle.
In both the matches, India lost the toss and the opposition made the most of it. The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network. The live streaming of the match will also be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
UAE, who also hosted the IPL in 2020 and will host the second half of the IPL in 2021, have taken over the mantle to host the T20 World Cup right after the cash-rich franchise league comes to an end. The Super 12 stage commences on 23 October with Australia taking on South Africa in Abu Dhabi. The two semi-finals will be played on 10 and 11 November followed by the Final on 14 November in Dubai. The 2021 edition was once again hit by a similar problem in India and the event had to be shifted to the UAE and Oman.