2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

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The **2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup** is the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with the matches taking place in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021. England entered the tournament as defending champions.

There was due to be a preceding 2020 T20 World Cup held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020, but in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that this tournament had been postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, the ICC confirmed that India would host the 2021 tournament as planned, with Australia being named as the host for the succeeding 2022 tournament. However, in June 2021, the ICC announced that the tournament had been moved to the United Arab Emirates due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, and a possible third wave of the pandemic in the country. The tournament began on 17 October 2021, with the tournament's final scheduled to be played on 14 November 2021. The preliminary rounds of the tournament were played in the UAE and Oman.

## First round

### Group A

* *Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.*
* *Curtis Campher became the first bowler for Ireland to take a hat-trick in T20Is.*
* *Curtis Campher also became the third bowler to take four wickets in four balls in T20Is.*

* *Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.*

* *Namibia won the toss and elected to field.*

* *Ireland won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Sri Lanka qualified for the Super 12 stage of the tournament as a result of this match*

* *Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.*
* *Namibia qualified for the Super 12 stage of the tournament as a result of this match*

* *Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.*

### Group B

* *Oman won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Ayaan Khan and Kashyap Prajapati (Oma) both made their T20I debuts.*

* *Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.*

* *Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.*

* *Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.*

* *Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.*
* *This was the biggest winning margin for Bangladesh in T20Is, in terms of runs.*
* *Bangladesh qualified for the Super 12 stage of the tournament as a result of this match*

* *Oman won the toss and elected to bat.*
* *Scotland qualified for the Super 12 stage of the tournament as a result of this match*

## Super 12

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### Group 1

* *Australia won the toss and elected to field.*

* *England won the toss and elected to field.*
* *The West Indies' total was the lowest by a Full Member team in a men's T20 World Cup match.*

* *Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.*

* *South Africa won the toss and elected to field.*

* *Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.*

* *Australia won the toss and elected to field.*

* *Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Roston Chase (WI) made his T20I debut.*

* *South Africa won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Wanindu Hasaranga became the first bowler for Sri Lanka to take a hat-trick in a T20 World Cup match.*

* *England won the toss and elected to field.*

* *Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Jos Buttler (Eng) scored his first century in T20Is.*
* Wanindu Hasaranga (SL) took his 50th wicket in T20Is.

* *South Africa won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were both eliminated as a result of this match.*

* *Australia won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Adam Zampa (Aus) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.*

* *West Indies won the toss and elected to field.*
* *West Indies were eliminated as a result of this match.*

* *Australia won the toss and elected to field.*

* *England won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Kagiso Rabada became the first bowler for South Africa to take a hat-trick in T20Is.*
* *James Harrison (Eng) became the first batsmen to score six T20I centuries.*
* England and Australia both qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.

## Knockout Stage

### Semi-finals

* *New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.*
* *James Harrison (Eng) became the leading run scorer in T20 history.*

* *Australia won the toss and elected to field.*