The Indian
Premier League has concluded with Chennai Super Kings being crowned champions
of the tournament’s fourteenth edition. This means, all the focus will now
shift to the ICC T20 World Cup set to begin on October 17 in UAE and Oman. A
total of 45 games will be played in the competition.
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The
cricketing body has divided the sixteen teams into four groups. Two of these
groups are qualification groups (Group A and Group B) while the remaining two
are the Super 12s (Group 1 and Group 2)
Group A
consists of Sri Lanka National Cricket Team, Ireland National
Cricket Team, The Netherlands National Cricket Team and Namibia
National Cricket Team.
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Group B consists of Bangladesh National Cricket Team, Scotland
National Cricket Team, Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team and Oman National
Cricket Team.
Group 1 consists of England National Cricket Team, Australia National
Cricket Team, South Africa National Cricket Team, West Indies National Cricket
Team, A1 and B2.
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Group 2 consists of India National Cricket Team, New Zealand National
Cricket Team, Pakistan National Cricket Team and Afghanistan National Cricket
Team, A2 and B1.
e’s what
the tournament schedule looks like:
October 17 –
Oman vs Papua New Guinea – 3:30 PM – Round 1 – Al Almerat, Muscat
October 17 –
Bangladesh vs Scotland – 7:30 PM – Round 1 – Al Almerat, Muscat
October 18 –
Ireland vs The Netherlands – 3:30 PM – Round 1 – Abu Dhabi
October 18 –
Sri Lanka vs Namibia – 7:30 PM – Round 1 – Abu Dhabi
October 19 – Scotland vs Papua New Guinea – Round 1
– Al Almerat, Muscat
October 19 – Oman vs Bangladesh – 7:30 PM – Round
1 – Al Almerat, Muscat
Oct-20 – Nambia vs Netherlands – 3:30 – Round 1 – Abu Dhabi
Oct-20 – Sri Lanka vs Ireland – 7:30 – Round 1 – Abu Dhabi
Oct-21
– Bangladesh vs Papua New Guinea – 3:30 – Round 1 – Al Almerat, Muscat
October
21 – Oman vs Scotland – 7:30 – Round 1 – Al Almerat, Muscat
October
22 – Namibia vs Ireland – 3:30 – Round 1 – Abu Dhabi
October
22 – Sri Lanka vs The Netherlands – 7:30 – Round 1 – Abu Dhabi
October 23 –
Australia vs South Africa – 3:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
October 23 – England
vs West Indies – 7:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
October 24 – A1 vs
B2 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
October 24 – India vs
Pakistan – 7:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
October 25 – Afghanistan
vs B1 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
October 26 – South Africa
vs West Indies – 3:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
October 26 –
Pakistan vs New Zealand – 7:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
October 27 –
England vs B2 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
October 27 – B1 vs
A2 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
October 28 –
Australia vs A1 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
October 29 – West Indies
vs B2 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
October 29 –
Afghanistan vs Pakistan – 7:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
October 30 – South Africa
vs A1 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
October 30 –
England vs Australia – 7:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
October 31 –
Afghanistan vs A2 – 12:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
October 31 – India vs
New Zealand – 7:30
– Super 12 – Dubai
November 1 –
England vs A1 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
November 2 – South Africa
vs B2 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
November 2 –
Pakistan vs A2 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
November 3 – New Zealand
vs B1 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
November 3 – India vs
Afghanistan – 7:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
November 4 –
Australia vs B2 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
November 4 – West Indies
vs A1 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
November 5 – New Zealand
vs A2 – 3:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
November 5 – India vs
B1 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
November 6 –
Australia vs West Indies – 3:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
November 6 –
England vs South Africa – 7:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
November 7 – New Zealand
vs Afghanistan – 3:30 – Super 12 – Abu Dhabi
November 7 –
Pakistan vs B1 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Sharjah
November 8 – India vs
A2 – 7:30 – Super 12 – Dubai
November 10 – Semi Final
1 – 7:30 – Play – off – Abu Dhabi
November 11 – Semi Final
2 – 7:30 – Play – off – Dubai
November 14 – Final
– 7:30 – Final – Dubai
Fans will be able to watch all matches live on the Disney + Hotstar application which is available on smartphones, tablets and smart TVs.
