T20 World Cup 2021: Teams Can Bring 15 Players, 8 Officials Says ICC: Reports

As per reports in PTI, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said that participating teams can bring as many as 15 players and 8 support staff for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE. The tournament will be played from October 17 to November 14 in Oman and the three venues in the ICC. The ICC had set September 10 as the deadline for participating nations to submit their final 15 players and eight support staff members.

“The ICC has also allowed all participating nations to bring additional players with their squads because of the COVID-19 situation and bio-secure bubble but the concerned boards will have to bear the costs of these additional players,”A PCB official was quoted as saying by PTI.

The ICC has decided that this tournament will be a 16- team tournament with teams like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka fighting to qualify in the round of 12.

Four teams will qualify for the Super-12 stage which begins from September 24 in the UAE. “It is now up to the boards to decide how many additional players they want to have with their main squads given the COVID-19 situation because if any player tests positive or they are injury issues, the teams can take replacements from their additional players. But the boards have to send their squads by 10th September” the PCB official further said.

T20 World Cup 2021: India-Pakistan Rivalry Resumes

The Super 12 stage will start from October 24 with Australia and England playing the tournament opener. India and Pakistan are placed in Group B alongside Afghanistan and New Zealand.

Group A will have teams like West Indies, South Africa, England, Australia and New Zealand fight it out for a spot in the last four. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are the two teams likely to make it to the Super 12.

The Lankan side won the T20 title under Kumar Sangakkara in 2014. Recently, they beat India in a three-match T20I series as well.

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