It will be sixth occasion when twenty20 world cup will be organised in the due course of 8 years. 16 teams will be participating in the 2016 ICC World T20 just like 2014 event played in Bangladesh. India will be hosting this ICC’s prestigious 20-20 championship for the first time.
Tournament has been scheduled to play from 8th of March to 3rd of April 2016 in 8 different venues of India. First group stage match will be played on March 8 and final match of championship is decided to be hosted at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 3 April. Sri Lanka will be the title defending team in 6th ICC Wt20. A total of 35 matches will be played throughout the event.
For women’s world t20 2016 schedule go here.
Schedule
| Date | Match (IST) | Fixture | Venue | Result |
First Stage |
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| 8 March 2016 | 15:00 | Zimbabwe vs Hong Kong | Nagpur | Zimbabwe won by 14 runs |
| 19:30 | Scotland vs Afghanistan | Nagpur | Afghanistan won by 14 runs | |
| 9 March 2016 | 15:00 | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Dharamsala | Bangladesh won by 8 runs |
| 19:30 | Ireland vs Oman | Dharamsala | Oman won by 2 wickets | |
| 10 March 2016 | 15:00 | Scotland vs Zimbabwe | Nagpur | Zimbabwe won by 11 runs |
| 19:30 | Hong Kong vs Afghanistan | Nagpur | Afghanistan won by 6 wickets | |
| 11 March 2016 | 15:00 | Netherlands vs Oman | Dharamsala | Match abandoned due to rain |
| 19:30 | Bangladesh vs Ireland | Dharamsala | Match abandoned due to rain | |
| 12 March 2016 | 15:00 | Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan | Nagpur | Afghanistan won by 59 runs |
| 19:30 | Scotland vs Hong Kong | Nagpur | Scotland won by 8 wickets | |
| 13 March 2016 | 15:00 | Netherlands vs Ireland | Dharamsala | Netherlands won by 12 runs |
| 19:30 | Bangladesh vs Oman | Dharamsala | Bangladesh won by 54 runs | |
Super-10 Stage |
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| 15 March 2016 | 19:30 | India vs New Zealand | Nagpur | New Zealand won by 47 runs |
| 16 March 2016 | 19:30 | West Indies vs England | Mumbai | West Indies won by 6 wickets |
| 15:00 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Kolkata | Pakistan won by 55 runs | |
| 17 March 2016 | 19:30 | Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan | Kolkata | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets |
| 18 March 2016 | 15:00 | Australia vs New Zealand | Dharamsala | New Zealand won by 8 runs |
| 19:30 | South Africa vs England | Mumbai | England won by 2 wickets | |
| 19 March 2016 | 19:30 | India vs Pakistan | Kolkata | India won by 6 wickets |
| 20 March 2016 | 15:00 | South Africa vs Afghanistan | Mumbai | South Africa won by 37 runs |
| 19:30 | Sri Lanka vs West Indies | Bengaluru | West Indies won by 7 wickets | |
| 21 March 2016 | 19:30 | Australia vs Bangladesh | Bengaluru | Australia won by 3 wickets |
| 22 March 2016 | 19:30 | New Zealand vs Pakistan | Mohali | New Zealand won by 22 runs |
| 23 March 2016 | 15:00 | England vs Afghanistan | New Delhi | England won by 15 runs |
| 19:30 | India vs Bangladesh | Bengaluru | India won by 1 run | |
| 25 March 2016 | 15:00 | Pakistan vs Australia | Mohali | Australia won by 21 runs |
| 19:30 | South Africa vs West Indies | Nagpur | West Indies won by 3 wickets | |
| 26 March 2016 | 15:00 | New Zealand vs Bangladesh | Kolkata | New Zealand won by 75 runs |
| 19:30 | England vs Sri Lanka | New Delhi | England won by 10 runs | |
| 27 March 2016 | 15:00 | Afghanistan vs West Indies | Nagpur | Afghanistan won by 6 runs |
| 19:30 | India vs Australia | Mohali | India won by 6 wickets | |
| 28 March 2016 | 19:30 | South Africa vs Sri Lanka | New Delhi | South Africa won by 8 wickets |
| 30 March 2016 | 19:00 | SF-1: England vs New Zealand | New Delhi | England won by 7 wickets |
| 31 March 2016 | 19:00 | SF-2: West Indies vs India | Mumbai | West Indies won by 7 wickets |
| 3 April 2016 | 19:00 | Final: England vs West Indies | Kolkata | |