From warm-up games to Pakistan clash: Here's Virat Kohli-led India's complete T20 World Cup schedule
Team India's schedule for T20 World Cup. Photo | BCCI
Team India are gearing up for the forthcoming T20 World Cup, which will commence from October 17. From October 17, the qualifying round will commence whereas the warm-up encounters will last from October 18 to October 20. On Wednesday (October 13), the BCCI unveiled India's new kit for the upcoming showpiece event, where the Virat Kohli-led side will be aiming to win their second title overall.
As the excitement is now building up with each passing day, here's a look at the Men in Blue's full schedule for the mega event.
Team India's full schedule for T20 WC:
Warm-up encounters-
October 18: India vs England, Dubai (7:30 pm)
October 20: India vs Australia, Dubai (3:30 pm)
After the two warm-up encounters, Kohli & Co. will start the Super 12 round, where they are placed in Pool B along with arch-rivals Babar Azam-led Pakistan, Afghanistan, New Zealand whereas two more teams will join them from the qualifiers.
Fixtures in main draw of the tournament-
October 24: India vs Pakistan, Dubai (7:30pm)
October 31: India vs New Zealand, Dubai (7:30pm)
November 3: India vs Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi (7:30pm)
November 5: India vs B1, Dubai (7:30pm)
November 8: India vs A2, Dubai (7:30pm)
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India have a strong squad at their disposal and are expected to go the distance. For the unversed, Shardul Thakur has replaced Axar Patel in India's 15-man main squad. On the other hand, former captain MS Dhoni will also join the side as a team mentor for the ICC event.
India's squad for ICC T20 World Cup:Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami
Stand-by players:Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Axar Patel
The semi-finals will be played on November 10 and 11, at Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively, before the summit clash will be held on October 14 at Dubai.