The Indian Premier League is over and it is back to international nation versus nation cricket. The T20 World Cup starts on the 30th of April 2010. Indian will be led by MS Dhoni who would be full of confidence after leading Chennai Super Kings to IPL glory.
Here are the Groups the teams have been divided into.
Group A | Group B |
Australia | New Zealand |
Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh | Zimbabwe |
Group C | Group D |
India | West Indies |
South Africa | England |
Afghanistan | Ireland |
Here is the match schedule for the league phase.
Fri April 30 22.30 IST | New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka | Guyana |
Fri April 30 2.30 IST +1d | West Indies Vs Ireland | Guyana |
Sat May 1 19.00 IST | Afghanistan Vs India | St Lucia |
Sat May 1 23.00 IST | Bangladesh Vs Pakistan | St Lucia |
Sun May 2 19.00 IST | India Vs South Africa | St Lucia |
Sun May 2 23.00 IST | Australia Vs Pakistan | St Lucia |
Mon May 3 19.00 IST | Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe | Guyana |
Mon May 3 23.00 IST | West Indies Vs England | Guyana |
Tue May 4 19.00 IST | New Zealand Vs Zimbabwe | Guyana |
Tue May 4 23.00 IST | England Vs Ireland | Guyana |
Wed May 5 19.00 IST | Australia Vs Bangladesh | Barbados |
Wed May 5 23.00 IST | Afghanistan Vs South Africa | Barbados |
All timings are Indian Standard Time.
Indian cricket squad for ICC T20 World Cup in West Indies
MS. Dhoni (capt) | Gautam Gambhir (vice capt) | Harbhajan Singh |
Ravindra Jadeja | Piyush Chawla | Dinesh Karthik |
Zaheer Khan | Ashish Nehra | Praveen Kumar |
Yusuf Pathan | Suresh Raina | Rohit Sharma |
Yuvraj Singh | Vinay Kumar | Murali Vijay* |
*Murali Vijay has been included as replacement for V. Sehwag.
So are you looking forward to seeing countries play against countries again after the massive buzz of IPL? Do let me know by dropping in your comments.