The dates and venues for the next edition of the T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in Australia are out and the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground has been assigned the venue for the final of the tournament.
The tournament is set to kick off on October 16 and the final is schooled to take place on November 13 at the MCG.
The semi-finals of the tournament will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the Adelaide Oval on November 9 and 10 respectively.
The finalists of the just-concluded T20 World Cup—Australia and New Zealand along with the next top six ranked teams such as India, Pakistan, South Africa, England, Afghanistan, Bangladesh will constitute the eight teams of the Super 12 of the next tournament.
The other four sides will come from round one of the tournament, where eight more sides will compete for four spots across two groups.
Former champions West Indies and Sri Lanka will have to go through the round 1 qualification alongside Namibia and Scotland while the other four participants of the tournament will be decided by the qualifier tournaments scheduled to take place in Oman and Zimbabwe next year.
ICC’s Head of Events, Chris Tetley expressed his delight at the return of the ICC event to Australia while announcing the hots cities and dates of the marquee event. “We are looking forward to seeing the return of ICC events to Australia and are delighted to announce the seven host cities for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.”