ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2016 Match Schedule in Indian Time (IST)
Sri Lanka is the defending Champions of T20 World Cup. This edition is playing with 16 nations, 10 icc members and six qualifiers. Two groups (Group A, Group B) were placed with four qualified teams. And only one teams from each group (totally 2 teams) will advance to second round. Top Eight teams will automatically advance to second round, to Super 10 Stage.
According to the official ICC T20 Cricket World Cup match Schedule, Host nation, India will play their first match against New Zealand on 15th March 2016 and against Pakistan on 19th March 2016. Then against winner of Group A and against Australia as scheduled.
2016 T20 Cricket world Cup is the sixth edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. First edition was in 2007 hosted by South Africa. India is the prime title winner of ICC Twenty 20 World Cup, it was against Pakistan in 2007. Second edition of T20 World Cup was in 2009 hosted by England and Pakistan was the Title winner by defeating Sri Lanka in Final. The 3rd edition was in 2010 instead of 2011 because of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011(50overs). 2010 was hosted in West Indies and England won the Title against Australia. Fourth Edition of T20 world cup was in 2012 hosted in Sri Lanka and won by West Indies. The last edition, fifth one, was in 2014 in Bangladesh and won by Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka were the finalist for three times and won only in one at ICC T20 Cricket world Cup. Pakistan and India were two times finalists and one Title win.
Fir group stage matches of 2016 ICC T20 Cricket world cup were completed on 13th March 2016. And Super ten matches of 2016 T20 are starting on 15th March with India vs New Zealand. From the Group Stage, Two Teams were advanced to super ten. Afghanistan and Bangladesh are the two teams, who advanced to second round of T20 world cup 2016.
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2016 Venues
| Venue | City | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Gardens | Kolkata | 66,349 | 4 (final) |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore | 40,000 | 3 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | 32,000 | 4(semi-final) |
| Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium | Dharamshala | 23,000 | 8 (group stage) |
| Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | New Delhi | 40,715 | 4 (semi-final) |
| Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | Mohali | 26,950 | 3 |
| Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Nagpur | 45,000 | 9 (group stage) |
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2016 Participating Teams
There are 16 Teams were Participating in ICC T20 Cricket World cup 2016. All the ten full members of ICC and Six Associated members were selected through the qualification. India, Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies, who were the ICC Top eight ranker will automatically advance to the second round two teams from other eight participants will selected after first round to the second Round.| Qualification | Country |
|---|---|
| Host | India |
| Full Members | Australia |
| England | |
| New Zealand | |
| Pakistan | |
| South Africa | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| West Indies | |
| Bangladesh | |
| Zimbabwe | |
| Qualifier | Scotland |
| Ireland | |
| Hong Kong | |
| Netherlands | |
| Afghanistan | |
| Oman |
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2016 Match Schedule in Indian Time
Red colored teams are indicating the winners of the match| #no. | Date | Time | Match | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 08-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Zimbabwe vs Hong Kong | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 2 | 08-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Scotland vs Afghanistan | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 3 | 09-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association |
| 4 | 09-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Ireland vs Oman | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association |
| 5 | 10-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Scotland vs Zimbabwe | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 6 | 10-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Hong Kong vs Afghanistan | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 7 | 11-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association | |
| 8 | 11-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association | |
| 9 | 12-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 10 | 12-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Scotland vs Hong Kong | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 11 | 13-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Netherlands vs Ireland | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association |
| 12 | 13-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Bangladesh vs Oman | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association |
| 13 | 15-03-2016 | 07:30pm | India vs New Zealand | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium |
| 14 | 16-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 15 | 16-03-2016 | 07:30pm | West Indies vs England | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 16 | 17-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 17 | 18-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Australia vs New Zealand | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium |
| 18 | 18-03-2016 | 07:30pm | South Africa vs England | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 19 | 19-03-2016 | 07:30pm | India vs Pakistan | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium |
| 20 | 20-03-2016 | 03:00pm | South Africa vs Afghanistan | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 21 | 20-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Sri Lanka vs West Indies | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 22 | 21-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Australia vs Bangladesh | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 23 | 22-03-2016 | 07:30pm | New Zealand vs Pakistan | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali |
| 24 | 23-03-2016 | 03:00pm | England vs Afghanistan | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 25 | 23-03-2016 | 07:30pm | India vs Bangladesh | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| 26 | 25-03-2016 | 03:00pm | Pakistan vs Australia | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali |
| 27 | 25-03-2016 | 07:30pm | South Africa vs West Indies | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
| 28 | 26-03-2016 | 03:00pm | New Zealand vs Bangladesh | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 29 | 26-03-2016 | 07:30pm | Sri Lanka vs England | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 30 | 27-03-2016 | 03:00pm | India vs Australia | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali |
| 31 | 27-03-2016 | 07:30pm | West Indies vs Afghanistan | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
| 32 | 28-03-2016 | 07:30pm | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 33 | 30-03-2016 | 07:00pm | TBC vs TBC | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| 34 | 31-03-2016 | 07:00pm | TBC vs TBC | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| 35 | 03-04-2016 | 07:00pm | TBC vs TBC | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
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Here is the complete match schedule of ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2016 in Indian Standard Time. designed by indiancrux.info, referenced from Wikipedia and ICC T20 World Cup 2016 Official Portal. Please comment below if any errors or mistakes found on this page.Zimbabwe won the first match of ICC T20 World Cup 2016 against Hong Kong on 8th March 2016. First batted Zimbabwe scored 158 runs from 20 overs with lose of eight wickets. And Hong Kong only score 144 with lose of six wickets from 20 overs and lost for 14 runs. Hong Kong failed to achieve the target even they have four wickets remaining.
Afghanistan won the second math of ICC T20 World Cup 2016 by 14 runs against Scotland at ICC T20 Group Stage Match. Afghanistan won the toss and scored 170 from twenty overs with loss of five wickets. Scotland scored only 156 from twenty overs with loss of five wickets.
Bangladesh won against Netherlands on 9th March 2016 by eight runs, And Oman won against Ireland by 2 runs on the same day.
Zimbabwe won by 11 runs against Scotland on 10 March 2016. And Afghanistan won by wickets against Hong Kong on the same day.
On 11th March 2016 Matches between Netherlands and Oman, Bangladesh and Ireland are abandoned due to rain. This is the first time in 2016 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup Match Schedule that matches get cancelled against the schedule. No re scheduling no re matching were announced at ICC T20 Cricket world cup 2016.
On 12th March, Afghanistan won by 59 runs against Zimbabwe and Scotland won by 8 wickets against Hong Kong on same day. Afghanistan Scored 186 with loss of six wickets then Zimbabwe scored only 127 and all out 20th over with two balls remaining. Hong Kong scored 127 with loss of 7 wickets from 20 overs and Scotland scored only 78/2 from eight overs. Due to rain match officials declared with DL rules as Scotland lost by eight wickets.
All the first round matches were completed from two groups. And one team from each group were advanced to the second round.There are no match in 2016 ICC T20 Cricket world cup schedule on 14th March 2015.
India Lost their first match on 15th March 2015 against New Zealand for 47 runs. First batted New Zealand scored 126 with loss of 7 wickets and Indian players were all out for 79 at 19th Over.
Pakistan won their first match in Group Stage of ICC T20 World Cup 2016 against Bangladesh on 16th March 2016. The victory is by 5 runs. On the same day the match between West Indies and England was won by West Indies by six wickets. Chris Gayle is the man of the match, who bring the match in to West Indian side with wonderful Century.
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