T20 World Cup
\n Manchester
\nPakistan will face India on October 24 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium for the men\u2019s T20 World Cup, according to the scheduled announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday.
\nThe 16-nation tournament \u2014 to be held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman \u2014 will begin on October 17 with Oman taking on Papua New Guinea in the opener followed by an evening match between Scotland and Bangladesh in round one of the competition.
\nThe top two teams from both group A and group B in the first round will advance to the so-called Super 12 stage, where the game\u2019s heavyweight nations join the tournament.
\nAustralia will play South Africa and holders West Indies meet England in Group 1 matches on October 23 at the start of the Super 12, which will eventually decide the four semi-finalists.
\nEngland will take on Australia in another key clash on October 30 in Dubai.
\nThe matches will be held across four venues \u2014 the Dubai International Stadium, the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Sharjah Stadium, and the Oman Cricket Academy Ground.
\nThe final will be in Dubai on November 14 with a reserve day kept aside on November 15.
\nIn a statement, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the two countries will come face to face for the first time since the 2019 50-over World Cup fixture at Manchester.
\nOn October 26, Pakistan \u2014 the champions of the 2009 edition \u2014 will play Kane Williamson\u2019s New Zealand at the historic Sharjah Cricket Stadium, before returning to Dubai to play Afghanistan for the first time in a T20 World Cup on October 29, the statement said.
\nPakistan and Afghanistan have played only one T20I against each other to date which the former won in 2013, it added.
\nIn their last two matches of the Super 12 stage, which will feature the top eight T20 teams and four teams who secure qualification from Round 1, Pakistan will play the runner up of Group A and winners of Group B on November 2 and 7 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium and the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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