ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Everything you need to know about the Indian cricket team

The ICC T20 World Cup 2021 is finally upon us after being in dilemma for over a year due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The Super 12 Stage of the T20 world cup is about to start from tomorrow, i.e, 23rd October.

The Indian cricket team is hoping to win this title to bid goodbye to Captain Kohli, who would be stepping down from the role of captain to focus more on his batting. Here we take a look at the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 from Team India’s perspective:

Key dates in ICC T20 World Cup 2021

• Tournament commences: 17 October
• Round 1 finishes: 22 October
• Super 12 stage commences: 23 October
• Super 12 stage concludes: 8 November
• Semi-finals: 10 November and 11 November
• Final: 14 November

Groups in ICC T20 World Cup 2021

Round 1 

• Group A – Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Namibia
• Group B – Bangladesh, Scotland, Papua New Guinea, Oman 

Super 12

• Group 1 – England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, top seed Group A, second seed Group B
• Group 2 – India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Afghanistan, second seed Group A, top seed Group B

Team India’s squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2021

Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami

Reserves: Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Axar Patel

Team India’s Fixtures in ICC T20 World Cup 2021

Prize Money at ICC T20 World Cup 2021

• Winner – $1.6m
• Runners up – $800,000
• Semi-finalists – $400,000
• Super 12 – $70,000

Venues for ICC T20 World Cup 2021

• Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, UAE
• Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
• Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Al Amerat, Oman