India To Face Pakistan On October 23 As ICC Announces Schedule For T20 World Cup 2022

The schedule for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 has been announced. The marquee event gets underway from October 16 when former champions Sri Lanka take on Namibia in Round 1 with the final, scheduled to be played on November 16.

A total of 16 international teams will compete in 45 matches as the mega event in men’s T20 cricket comes to Australia for the first time.

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Africa are part of Group 2, and they will be joined by two more teams from the qualifiers. The Group 1 consists of teams like Australia, New Zealand, Afghanistan and England, while two more teams from the qualifiers will join them later too.

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

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

India, who won the inaugural event in 2007, will start their campaign against Pakistan on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Here’s the schedule for the 12 nations to have already sealed their spot at the tournament Down Under:

Afghanistan

22 Oct – England, Perth
26 Oct – New Zealand, Melbourne
28 Oct – Group B Qualifier, Melbourne
01 Nov – Group A Qualifier, Brisbane
04 Nov – Australia, Adelaide

Australia

22 Oct – New Zealand, Sydney
25 Oct – Group A Qualifier, Perth
28 Oct – England, Melbourne
31 Oct – Group B Qualifier Brisbane
04 Nov – Afghanistan, Adelaide

Bangladesh

24 Oct – Group A Qualifier, Hobart
27 Oct – South Africa, Sydney
30 Oct – Group B Qualifier, Brisbane
02 Nov – India, Adelaide
06 Nov – Pakistan, Adelaide

England

22 Oct – Afghanistan, Perth
26 Oct – Group B Qualifier, Melbourne
28 Oct – Australia, Melbourne
01 Nov – New Zealand, Brisbane
05 Nov – Group A Qualifier, Sydney

India

23 Oct – Pakistan, Melbourne
27 Oct – Group A Qualifier, Sydney
30 Oct – South Africa, Perth
02 Nov – Bangladesh, Adelaide
06 Nov – Group B Qualifier, Melbourne

Namibia

16 Oct – Sri Lanka, Geelong
18 Oct – Qualifier 3, Geelong
20 Oct – Qualifier 2, Geelong

New Zealand

22 Oct – Australia, Sydney
26 Oct – Afghanistan, Melbourne
29 Oct – Group A Qualifier, Sydney
01 Nov – England, Brisbane
04 Nov – Group B Qualifier, Adelaide

Pakistan

23 Oct – India, Melbourne
27 Oct – Group B Qualifier, Perth
30 Oct – Group A Qualifier, Perth
03 Nov – South Africa, Sydney
06 Nov – Bangladesh, Adelaide

Scotland

17 Oct – West Indies, Hobart
19 Oct – Qualifier 4, Hobart
21 Oct – Qualifier 1, Hobart

South Africa

24 Oct – Group B Qualifier, Hobart
27 Oct – Bangladesh, Sydney
30 Oct – India, Perth
03 Nov – Pakistan, Sydney
06 Nov – Group A Qualifier, Adelaide

Sri Lanka

16 Oct – Namibia, Geelong
18 Oct – Qualifier 2, Geelong
20 Oct – Qualifier 3, Geelong

West Indies

17 Oct – Scotland, Hobart
19 Oct – Qualifier 1, Hobart
21 Oct – Qualifier 4, Hobart