2021 T20 World Cup

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T20 World Cup Overview

Event Details
Event Name	2021 T20 World Cup
When	October 17 – November 14
Where	UAE & Oman
Live Streaming	Live on Sky Sports Cricket
Current Holders	West Indies
2021 Ante Post Favourites	India

The T20 World Cup is finally upon us, and for those of you thinking it has been a long time since we last had one of these take place, you’re right! The last event was way back in 2016, when the West Indies beat England in the final to lift the trophy for a second time.

Originally scheduled for Australia, then scheduled for India, the tournament has now finally found a home in the UAE and Oman, with the UAE hosting the main part of the tournament, and Oman helping out with the first round.

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T20 World Cup Betting Preview

India begin the tournament as favourites, and rightfully so given their talented line up. They have the ability to take wickets with both pace and spin, while they also pack one of the most attacking and dynamic batting line ups in the world.

England are another team with a top quality batting line up that can really wow the crowds. Questions for England are all around their spin attack, will this work? If it does, they look to have a team that is just as complete as the Indian line up.

The West Indies have been there and done it all before, winning the tournament on two occasions. They’ve got a very experienced squad, which may come in useful given the pressure that the players will be under here.

While you can never discount Australia, the fact is that many of their players have not played too much cricket over the past 18 months due to travel restrictions. On top of that, moving to Asia makes this a much tougher task for them than it would have been on home soil.

New Zealand are another team who would have preferred the original venue of Australia for the tournament. There is also the feeling that this team needs to develop a little more, they’ve lost some experience, and the new players on this team may need another year before they can come out and dominate.

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2021 T20 World Cup Format

There are three stages to this years T20 World Cup, two group stages and one knockout stage.

October 17 – 22 – First Round

This features two groups of four, with the eight lowest ranked teams in the competition taking each other on. The top two from each group will progress to the next group stage.

October 23 – November 8 – Super 12

Here, the top eight ranked teams in the world are split into two groups and joined by the four qualifiers from the previous round, with two of these going into each group.

All teams play each other, with the top two from each group progressing to the semi finals

November 10 & 11 – semi finals

Two semi finals will be played to determine the finalists of the T20 World Cup

November 14 – final

Here we will crown the winner of the tournament

The 2021 ICC Men's #T20WorldCup Trophy Tour, driven by @Nissan, arrives in Oman 🛬

How will they fare in their own backyard? 🤔

Their star performer in the tournament will be ____ pic.twitter.com/xw2yZYwsNf
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 4, 2021

2021 T20 World Cup – The Teams

First round teams

Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Ireland
Scotland
Netherlands
Papua New Guinea
Namibia
Oman

Super 12 teams

England
India
Australia
Pakistan
South Africa
New Zealand
West Indies
Afghanistan

Here's what Sri Lanka Cricket will be wearing at the #T20WorldCup 😍

See the kits revealed so far 👇https://t.co/urHINaZ5Jf pic.twitter.com/Nysm5U0gsR
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 12, 2021

T20 World Cup Betting Markets

There are many ways to get involved with the T20 World Cup betting markets, with both outright options and game betting available.

Outright Betting – Who will win the T20 World Cup?
Group Betting – With four groups across two group stages, can you predict the winner of each group?
Group Forecasts – You can go one better here, not only are you predicting when winner of the group, but also who finishes second

When it comes to individual games, look out for the following ways to bet with your bookmaker, as well as plenty more.

Match Winner – A really simple market, perfect for cricket newcomers, simply who wins the game?
Top Scorer – Do you want to bet on a player instead? The top scorer market allows you to pick individuals, and either pick out a player to be top scorer for their team or the overall match
Who Will Score the Most Sixes? – If you like big hitting fun then this is the market for you, betting on the amount of maximums in the game!

On top of these, be sure to check out the in play betting markets when games are taking place. Cricket is a great sport for in play betting, with natural regular intervals in the game that allows the bookmakers to refresh their prices and markets, and you to take a look at them. Next man out, batsman runs scored, batsman matchups and how the next wicket will be taken are all examples of markets that are specifically created by bookmaker for in play cricket games.