Two sides will meet on the Melbourne Cricket Floor, a 12 months after Pakistan gained the fixture in Dubai.
India and Pakistan will lock horns in a blockbuster T20 World Cup group conflict for the second 12 months working after the fixtures for the October-November 2022 event in Australia had been introduced.
The 2 sides rivals will lock horns on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG) on October 23, a day after Australia begins its title defence in opposition to New Zealand in Sydney – a repeat of the 2021 last in Dubai the place Aaron Finch’s group gained its maiden crown.
Sri Lanka and Namibia will face off within the first spherical event opener in Geelong on October 16 in Group A, the place they are going to be joined by two qualifiers. Group B will characteristic the West Indies, Scotland and an extra two qualifiers.
The highest two groups from each Group A and Group B within the preliminary first spherical will be part of the robotically certified nations within the Tremendous 12 stage.
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England, New Zealand, Australia and Afghanistan have been drawn collectively in Group 1.
India, Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh are clubbed in Group 2.
India and Pakistan have met six occasions within the T20 World Cup, with India successful 5 of these matches.
Pakistan recorded its first win over India in a World Cup final 12 months in Dubai when it hammered Virat Kohli’s group by 10 wickets.
The Sydney Cricket Floor will host the primary semi-final on November 9 whereas the second last-four conflict can be held on the Adelaide Oval.
The ultimate can be performed on the MCG on November 13 beneath lights.
Australia had been on account of host the T20 World Cup in 2020 but it surely was delayed two years due to the coronavirus pandemic with India retaining the 2021 version – although that version needed to be shifted to the UAE due to COVID.