World T20 2016: Afghanistan vs England, India vs Bangladesh matches today

NEW DELHI (Staff Report) – Afghanistan is set to face off England while India will play Bangladesh in the two matches to be played today (Wednesday).

Afghanistan vs England match will be played at New Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla stadium and second game of the day will be played at Bangalore.

The first match (Afghanistan vs England) will start at 3:00pm (Indian Standard Time) and 2:30pm (Pakistan Standard Time), and second match (India vs Bangladesh) will begin at 7:30pm (Indian Standard Time) and 7:00pm (Pakistan Standard Time).

Daily Pakistan Global Live Scorecard: 

Afghanistan Squad:

Asghar Stanikzai (c), Amir Hamza, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Hamid Hassan, Karim Sadiq, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shenwari, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Shapoor Zadran, Usman Ghani

England Squad:

Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler (wk), Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid. Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey

India Squad:

MS Dhoni (c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh

Bangladesh Squad:

Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Abu Hider, Al-Amin Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed

The Super 10 round comprises of 18 games, where two groups of fives teams each are fighting each other to qualify for semifinals. Top two teams from both groups will make it to semifinals. The round will conclude on March 28.

New Delhi and Mumbai will host the semi-finals on 30 and 31 March, respectively, while Eden Gardens in Kolkata will be the venue of the 3 April finals. The women’s semi-finals and final will be followed by the men’s knock-out matches. There is a reserve day for the finals.

Earlier Bangladesh and Afghanistan qualified for the Super 10 round, remaining top teams of two groups in the qualifying round.

Pakistan at WT20:

Pakistan played Bangladesh on March 16 in the first of its Super 10 match. On March 19, Green Shirts faced off arch rival India at Kolkata’s Eden Garden stadium. It play against New Zealand on March 22 and face off Australia on March 25.

Prize for WT20 Winners:

The men’s event will carry a total prize money of $5.6million, which is an 86 per cent increase from the 2014 tournament, while the total prize money for the women’s event is $400,000, which is a 122 per cent increase from the Bangladesh event.


Points Table Group 1:

Team                    Played          Won      Lost    Tied      N/R      Points
Sri Lanka                   2                    1             1          0              0             2
England                      2                    1             1          0              0              2
South Africa             2                    1             1          0              0              2
West Indies               2                   2             0          0              0            4
Afghanistan              2                    0             2           0              0            0


Points Table Group 2:

Team                    Played          Won      Lost    Tied      N/R      Points
Pakistan                      3                    1            2          0            0              2
India                             2                    1            1          0            0              2
Australia                    2                     1           1          0            0               2
New Zealand            3                     3           0         0            0               6
Bangladesh               2                     0           2          0            0              0


World T20 Schedule and Venues:

T20 (2)

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