The All-embracing Candid Council (ICC) on Friday appear the groups and agenda of the ICC Apple Twenty20
India 2016, which will be staged beyond eight venues in India from 8 March to 3 April.

A absolute of 58 clash matches, including 35 men’s matches and 23 women’s matches, will be played in the 27-day clash in Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamsala, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi. New Delhi and Mumbai will host the semi-finals on 30 and 31 March, respectively, while Eden Gardens in Kolkata will be the area of the 3 April finals. The women’s semi-finals and final will be followed by the men’s knock-out matches. There is a assets day for the finals.

58 men’s and women’s matches to be played at eight venues from 8 March to 3 April; Mumbai and New Delhi to stage semi-finals while Kolkata to stage finals
ICC Apple T20 schedule

The men’s accident will backpack a absolute cost money of $5.6million, which is an 86 per cent access from the 2014 tournament, while the absolute cost money for the women’s accident is $400,000, which is a 122 per cent access from the Bangladesh event.

There accept been 5 altered winners of the men’s accident while the England women’s team won the countdown clash at home in 2009 afore Australia won three beeline titles in the West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in 2010, 2012 and 2014, respectively.

According to the men’s accident format, eight abandon in two groups of four, will affection in the aboriginal annular matches with the accumulation winners abutting eight abandon in the Super 10 date (two groups of 5 teams). The top two abandon from both the Super 10 Groups will again authorize for the semi-finals. In the women’s event, the 10 abandon will be disconnected into two groups and the top two abandon from anniversary accumulation will advance to the semi-finals.

The aboriginal annular matches in the men’s accident will yield abode in Dharamsala and Nagpur from 8-13 March and will affection Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland, debutant Oman (all in Accumulation A),Zimbabwe, Scotland, Hong Kong and Afghanistan (all in Accumulation B). In a double-header on the aperture day on 8 March, Zimbabwe will face Hong Kong in the afternoon match, to be followed by the black bout amid Scotland and Afghanistan. Both the matches will be played in Nagpur.

The accumulation winners will accompany Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and host India in the Super 10 stage, which will be played alongside the women’s accident from 15-28 March.

Men’s arresting best Sri Lanka has been placed in Super 10 Accumulation 1 forth with South Africa, West Indies, England and the Accumulation B winner. It will accessible its appellation defence adjoin the Accumulation B champ in Kolkata on 17 March, and play West Indies in Bengaluru on 20 March, England in New Delhi on 26 March and South Africa in New Delhi on 28 March.

Host India, which won the countdown clash in South Africa in 2007, is in Super 10 Accumulation 2 forth with 2009 champ Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and the Accumulation A winner. India will barrage its attack in Nagpur adjoin New Zealand on 15 March, while it will go arch to arch with Pakistan in Dharamsala on 19 March. Its added matches will be adjoin the Accumulation A champ in Bengaluru on 23 March and Australia in Mohali on 27 March.

2009 best Pakistan will yield on the Accumulation A champ in Kolkata on 16 March, afore locking horns with acceptable battling India in Dharamsala on 19 March. Its actual two matches will be in Mohali adjoin New Zealand and Australia on 22 and 25 March, respectively.

England, which won the 2010 clash in the West Indies, takes on 2012 champ the West Indies in Mumbai on 16 March, followed by matches adjoin South Africa (18 March in Mumbai), the Accumulation B champ (23 March in New Delhi) and Sri Lanka (26 March in New Delhi).

After demography on England in its clash opener, the West Indies will aboveboard off adjoin Sri Lanka (20 March in Bengaluru), South Africa (25 March in Nagpur) and the Accumulation B champ (27 March in Nagpur).

Meanwhile, in the women’s tournament, 2009 best England is in Accumulation B forth with the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and will alpha off adjoin Bangladesh in Bengaluru on 17 March. Its added matches will be adjoin India (22 March in Dharamsala), West Indies (24 March in Dharamsala) and Pakistan (27 March in Chennai).

Australia women, who will be behest to win the appellation for the fourth beeline time, is in Accumulation A forth with South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland. Their aperture bout will be adjoin South Africa (18 March in Nagpur), followed by matches adjoin New Zealand (21 March in Nagpur), Sri Lanka (24 March in New Delhi) and Ireland (24 March in New Delhi).

ICC Chairman Mr Shashank Manohar, who abounding the barrage commemoration in Mumbai, said: “India is a country area candid is a adoration and not abounding places can bout the affection for the bold like India. I am absolutely assured that the Board of Control for Candid in India will bear an outstanding apple candid event, just like the ICC Candid Apple Cups in 1987, 1996 and 2011.

“The ICC and BCCI are absolutely committed and will plan calm to accomplish this a memorable event. I allure admirers from beyond the apple to attestant fast-paced cricketing activity on the acreage and adore the accommodation and ability of India, off it.”

ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: “The ICC Apple Twenty20 is an accident which puts the world’s best cricketers in the beeline architecture of the bold adjoin anniversary added in a nation against nation contest.

“The Twenty20 architecture provides the absolute car by which the ICC can added globalise the game, accouterment all-embracing acknowledgment and befalling to our top Associate and Affiliate members. The ICC Apple Twenty20 accident anatomy is advised to accommodate awful aggressive matches throughout, with eight evenly-matched abandon angry it out in the aboriginal annular and the best two again accepting in the mix with the top eight ranked teams in the Super 10 date area the acuteness and antagonism will be of the actual accomplished level.”

BCCI Secretary Mr Anurag Thakur said: “We, as hosts, are absolutely able to organise one of the a lot of absorbing spectacles in apple cricket. We draw acquaintance from hosting three ICC Candid Apple Cups and are accessible to accomplish the ICC Apple Twenty20 India 2016 one of the a lot of memorable events.

“Our affairs are in abounding swing, and BCCI and ICC is alive calm to accomplish it a lifetime acquaintance for the players and the fans. India is a active country – young, abounding of colour, activity and abandon - and is actual abundant like the abstraction of Twenty20 candid itself. We would animate anybody complex with the bold to acquaintance the best of India.”

The ICC Apple Twenty20 bays was aswell present at the commemoration afore it leaves Mumbai for Scotland on Sunday, 13 December, as allotment of the Nissan Bays Tour. The bays will acknowledgment to New Delhi on 1 February afterwards visiting 11 countries.

Men’s

First annular (group winners to advance to additional round)

Group A – Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland and Oman

Group B – Zimbabwe, Scotland, Hong Kong and Afghanistan

Second annular groups

Super 10 Accumulation 1 – Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, England and champ accumulation B (Q1B)

Super 10 Accumulation 2 – India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and champ accumulation A (Q1A)

Women’s

Group A – Australia (A1), South Africa (A2), New Zealand (A3), Sri Lanka (A4) and Ireland(A5)

Group B – England (B1), West Indies (B2), India (B3), Pakistan (B4) and Bangladesh (B5)

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Tournament agenda (‘M’ denotes men’s match; ‘W’ denotes women’s match; PM agency afternoon bout and Eve. agency night match. Bout timing to be accepted in due course)

Tue, 8 Mar – Zimbabwe v Hong Kong (PM), Nagpur; Scotland v Afghanistan (Eve.), Nagpur

Wed, 9 Mar – Bangladesh v Netherlands (PM), Dharamsala; Ireland v Oman (Eve.), Dharamsala

Thu, 10 Mar – Scotland v Zimbabwe (PM), Nagpur; Hong Kong v Afghanistan (Eve.)

Fri, 11 Mar – Netherlands v Oman (PM), Dharamsala; Bangladesh v Ireland (Eve.), Dharamsala

Sat, 12 Mar – Zimbabwe v Afghanistan (PM), Nagpur; Scotland v Hong Kong (Eve.), Nagpur

Sun, 13 Mar – Netherlands v Ireland (PM), Dharamsala; Bangladesh v Oman (Eve.), Dharamsala

Tue, 15 Mar – India v Bangladesh (W) (PM), Bengaluru; New Zealand v Sri Lanka (W) (Eve.), New Delhi; New Zealand v India (M) (Eve), Nagpur

Wed, 16 Mar – West Indies v England (M) (PM), Mumbai; Pakistan v Q1A (M) (Eve.), Kolkata; West Indies v Pakistan (W) (Eve.), Chennai

Thu, 17 Mar – England v Bangladesh (W) (PM), Bengaluru; Sri Lanka v Q1B (M) (Eve.), Kolkata

Fri, 18 Mar – New Zealand v Ireland (W) (PM), Mohali; Australia v New Zealand (M) (PM), Dharamsala; South Africa v England (M) (Eve.), Mumbai; Australia v South Africa (W) (Eve.), Nagpur

Sat, 19 Mar – India v Pakistan (W) (PM), New Delhi; India v Pakistan (M) (Eve.), Dharamsala

Sun, 20 Mar – South Africa v Q1B (M) (PM), Mumbai; West Indies v Bangladesh (W) (PM), Chennai; Sri Lanka v Ireland (W) (Eve.), Mohali; Sri Lanka v West Indies (M) (Eve.), Bengaluru

Mon, 21 Mar – Australia v New Zealand (W) (PM), Nagpur; Australia v Q1A (M) (Eve.), Bengaluru

Tue, 22 Mar – England v India (W) (PM), Dharamsala; New Zealand v Pakistan (M) (Eve.), Mohali

Wed, 23 Mar – England v Q1B (M) (PM), New Delhi; India v Q1A (M), (Eve.), Bengaluru; South Africa v Ireland (W) (Eve.), Chennai

Thu, 24 Mar – England v West Indies (W) (Eve.), Dharamsala; Australia v Sri Lanka (W) (PM), New Delhi; Pakistan v Bangladesh (W) (Eve.), New Delhi

Fri, 25 Mar – Pakistan v Australia (M) (PM), Mohali; South Africa v West Indies (M), (Eve.), Nagpur

Sat, 26 Mar – Australia v Ireland (W) (PM), New Delhi; Q1A v New Zealand (M) (PM), Kolkata; England v Sri Lanka (M) (Eve.), New Delhi; South Africa v New Zealand (W) (Eve.), Bengaluru

Sun, 27 Mar – West Indies v India (W) (PM), Mohali; India v Australia (M) (Eve.), Mohali; England v Pakistan (W) (Eve.), Chennai; Q1B v West Indies (M) (PM), Nagpur;

Mon, 28 Mar – South Africa v Sri Lanka (W) (PM), Bengaluru; South Africa v Sri Lanka (M) (Eve.), New Delhi

Tue, 29 Mar – Rest/travel day

Wed, 30 Mar – Women’s semi-final (2nd accumulation A v 1st accumulation B) (PM), New Delhi; men’s semi-final (Super 10 Accumulation 1 2nd v Super 10 Accumulation 2 1st) (Eve.), New Delhi

Thu, 31 Mar – Women’s semi-final (1st accumulation A v 2nd accumulation B) (PM), Mumbai; men’s semi-final (Super 10 Accumulation 1 1st v Super 10 Accumulation 2 2nd) (Eve.), Mumbai

Fri, 1 Apr – Rest/travel day

Sat, 2 Apr – Rest/travel day

Sun, 3 April – Women’s final (PM), Kolkata; men’s final (Eve.), Kolkata

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