T20 World Cup 2016: Everything you need to know

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 07, Mar 2016, 14:24 pm IST | UPDATED: 07, Mar 2016, 14:41 pm IST

New Delhi: The ICC World Twenty20 2016 is the Twenty20 International cricket tournament to be held in India from March 8 to April 3, 2016.

It will be the sixth edition of ICC World Twenty20 and India will be hosting this tournament for the first time.

As many as 58 tournaments 35 men's matches and 23 women's matches to be played at eight venues.

The men's event will carry a total prize money of 5.6 million USD, which is an 86 percent increase from the 2014 tournament. The total prize money for the women's event is 400,000 USD, which is a 122 percent increase from the Bangladesh event.

Here's everything you need to know about the ICC T20 World cup 2016:

Men's event format: A total of eight sides in two groups of four will feature in the first round matches with the group winners joining eight sides in the Super 10 stage (two groups of five teams). The top two sides from both the Super 10 Groups will then qualify for the semi-finals.

Women's event format: The 10 sides will be divided into two groups and the top two sides from each group will progress to the semi-finals.

Venues: Seven Indian cities will be hosting matches at the tournament, with the final match to be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Other host cities include Bengaluru, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi. New Delhi and Mumbai will be staging semi-finals on March 30 and 31, respectively.

Venue	City	Capacity	Matches
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	66,349	4 (final)
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	New Delhi	40,715	4 (semi-final)
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	Dharamshala	23,000	8 (group stage)
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	40,000	3
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	Mohali	26,950	3
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	45,000	9 (group stage)
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	32,000	4 (semi-final)

Teams: The 2016 World Twenty20 will feature 16 teams. Ten teams will be qualified automatically through their status as full members of the International Cricket Council, while another six will be qualified through the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.

The tournament will be featuring 16 teams for the second time. Here is the list of participating countries:

Host: India

Full members: Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe

Qualifiers: Scotland, Ireland, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Afghanistan, Oman.

Group A: Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland and Oman

Group B: Zimbabwe, Scotland, Hong Kong and Afghanistan

Oman is the only team making its tournament debut.

Schedules:

Group A:

Date	Teams	Venue
March 9	Bangladesh Vs Netherlands	Dharamsala
March 9	Ireland Vs Oman	Dharamsala
March 11	Oman Vs Netherlands	Dharamsala
March 11	Bangladesh Vs Ireland	Dharamsala
March 13	Ireland Vs Netherlands	Dharamsala
March 13	Bangladesh Vs Oman	Dharamsala

Group B:

Date	Teams	Venue
March 8	Hong Kong Vs Zimbabwe	Nagpur
March 8	Afghanistan Vs Scotland	Nagpur
March 10	Scotland Vs Zimbabwe	Nagpur
March 10	Afghanistan Vs Hong Kong	Nagpur
March 12	Afghanistan Vs Zimbabwe	Nagpur
March 12	Hong Kong Vs Scotland	Nagpur

In the second round, the group winners will join full members - Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and host - India in the Super 10 stage, which will be played alongside the womenâ??s event from March 15 to 28.

For the second round, Group 1 includes: Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, England and Group B Winner.

Schedule:

Date	Teams	Venue
March 16	England Vs West Indies	Mumbai
March 17	Sri Lanka Vs Qualifier B	Kolkata
March 18	England Vs South Africa	Mumbai
March 20	South Africa Vs Qualifier B	Mumbai
March 20	Sri Lanka Vs West Indies	Bangalore
March 23	England Vs Qualifier B	New Delhi
March 25	South Africa Vs West Indies	Nagpur
March 26	England Vs Sri Lanka	New Delhi
March 27	West Indies Vs Qualifier B	Nagpur
March 28	South Africa Vs Sri Lanka	New Delhi

Group 2 includes: India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia and Group A Winner.

Schedule:

Date	Teams	Venue
March 15	India Vs New Zealand	Nagpur
March 16	Pakistan Vs Qualifier A	Kolkata
March 18	Australia Vs New Zealand	Dharamshala
March 19	India Vs Pakistan	Dharamshala
March 21	Australia Vs Qualifier A	Bangalore
March 22	New Zealand Vs Pakistan	Chandigarh
March 23	India Vs Qualifier A	Bangalore
March 25	Australia Vs Pakistan	Chandigarh
March 26	New Zealand Vs Qualifier A	Kolkata
March 27	India Vs Australia	Chandigarh