National T20 tournament will be held from 25^th August to 10^th September 2017 in Multan. Draft system will be used to select 11 players of 8 regional teams in the event while selection of one emerging player is necessary.

According to sources, PCB has directed heads of all the 8 regions to send names of 4 players including captains by 6^th August while chief selector Inzamam ul Haq also has to be taken in confidence before selection of captains.

Later, the draft process will be held on 10^th August in Gaddafi Stadium during which 11 players including captains of every region will be selected. A national selector, head of regional association and head coach will select players from available pool after consulting captain.

It should be remembered that PCB has decided to introduce draft system for regional teams of Quaid e Azam trophy after national ODI and T20 tournaments. There will only be 10 local players in each squad. Former cricketers are declaring it as unjust for local players.

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The second stage will be started from the match being played between India and Pakistan on 21 March 2014. In the second stage, there will be ten teams and these teams will be divided into two groups containing 5 teams in each group. In the Group A, there will be teams of New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, England and one qualifier of stage 1 team will be included. In the Group B, the teams of Pakistan, India, Australia, West Indies and one qualifier of stage one will be included.

The ICC Women World T20 tournament will be started from the same dates and this Women World T20 will be played in two groups. In Group A, Pakistan is placed along with other teams like Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.

Date/Time    Match    Result
Wed Mar 12
06:30 local | 00:30 GMT     Warm-up – Bangladesh vs TBC
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Wed Mar 12
06:30 local | 00:30 GMT     Warm-up – TBC vs TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Wed Mar 12
10:30 local | 04:30 GMT     Warm-up – TBC vs TBC
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Wed Mar 12
10:30 local | 04:30 GMT     Warm-up – Zimbabwe vs TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Fri Mar 14
06:30 local | 00:30 GMT     Warm-up – TBC vs TBC
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Fri Mar 14
06:30 local | 00:30 GMT     Warm-up – TBC vs Zimbabwe
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Fri Mar 14
10:30 local | 04:30 GMT     Warm-up – Bangladesh vs TBC
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Fri Mar 14
10:30 local | 04:30 GMT     Warm-up – TBC vs TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Mon Mar 17
11:00 local | 05:00 GMT     Warm-up – South Africa vs Pakistan
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Mon Mar 17
15:00 local | 09:00 GMT     Warm-up – Australia vs New Zealand
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Mon Mar 17
15:00 local | 09:00 GMT     Warm-up – Sri Lanka vs India
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Tue Mar 18
15:00 local | 09:00 GMT     Warm-up – West Indies vs England
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Wed Mar 19
11:00 local | 05:00 GMT     Warm-up – Sri Lanka vs West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Wed Mar 19
11:00 local | 05:00 GMT     Warm-up – South Africa vs Pakistan
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Wed Mar 19
15:00 local | 09:00 GMT     Warm-up – England vs India
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Wed Mar 19
15:00 local | 09:00 GMT     Warm-up – New Zealand vs Australia
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah     N/A
Sun Mar 16
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     1st Match, Group A – Bangladesh v TBC
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Sun Mar 16
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     2nd Match, Group A – TBC v TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Mon Mar 17
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     3rd Match, Group B – Zimbabwe v TBC
Sylhet Stadium     N/A
Mon Mar 17
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     4th Match, Group B – TBC v TBC
Sylhet Stadium     N/A
Tue Mar 18
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     5th Match, Group A – TBC v TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Tue Mar 18
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     6th Match, Group A – Bangladesh v TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Wed Mar 19
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     7th Match, Group B – Zimbabwe v TBC
Sylhet Stadium     N/A
Wed Mar 19
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     8th Match, Group B – TBC v TBC
Sylhet Stadium     N/A
Thu Mar 20
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     9th Match, Group A – TBC v TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Thu Mar 20
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     10th Match, Group A – Bangladesh v TBC
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Fri Mar 21
05:30 GMT | 11:30 local     11th Match, Group B – Zimbabwe v TBC
Sylhet Stadium     N/A
Fri Mar 21
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     12th Match, Group B – TBC v TBC
Sylhet Stadium     N/A
Fri Mar 21
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     13th Match, Group 2 – India v Pakistan
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Sat Mar 22
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     14th Match, Group 1 – South Africa v Sri Lanka
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Sat Mar 22
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     15th Match, Group 1 – England v New Zealand
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Sun Mar 23
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     16th Match, Group 2 – Australia v Pakistan
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Sun Mar 23
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     17th Match, Group 2 – India v West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Mon Mar 24
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     18th Match, Group 1 – New Zealand v South Africa
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Mon Mar 24
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     19th Match, Group 1 – Sri Lanka v TBC (Qualifier B1)
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Tue Mar 25
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     20th Match, Group 2 – West Indies v TBC (Qualifier A1)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Thu Mar 27
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     21st Match, Group 1 – South Africa v TBC (Qualifier B1)
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Thu Mar 27
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     22nd Match, Group 1 – England v Sri Lanka
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Fri Mar 28
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     23rd Match, Group 2 – Australia v West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Fri Mar 28
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     24th Match, Group 2 – India v TBC (Qualifier A1)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Sat Mar 29
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     25th Match, Group 1 – New Zealand v TBC (Qualifier B1)
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Sat Mar 29
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     26th Match, Group 1 – England v South Africa
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Sun Mar 30
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     27th Match, Group 2 – Pakistan v TBC (Qualifier A1)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Sun Mar 30
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     28th Match, Group 2 – Australia v India
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Mon Mar 31
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     29th Match, Group 1 – England v TBC (Qualifier B1)
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Mon Mar 31
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     30th Match, Group 1 – New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong     N/A
Tue Apr 1
09:30 GMT | 15:30 local     31st Match, Group 2 – Australia v TBC (Qualifier A1)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Tue Apr 1
13:30 GMT | 19:30 local     32nd Match, Group 2 – Pakistan v West Indies
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Thu Apr 3
13:00 GMT | 19:00 local     1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC (1st Group 1 v 2nd Group 2)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Fri Apr 4
13:00 GMT | 19:00 local     2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC (1st Group 2 v 2nd Group 1)
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur     N/A
Sun Apr 6
13:00 GMT | 19:00 local     Final – TBC v TBC (Reserve Day 7th April)
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur     N/A

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The batting side tries to score more and more runs and the fielding side tries its best to contain the batting side and strict it to less possible score. And in the u=turn of second team, it tries to chase the targeted score and if it succeeded in achieving the targeted score then it is declared the winner of the match otherwise the opponent team who defenses their score successfully is declared winner.

The type of cricket got so much popularity that it spread to other countries of the world and they started their twenty20 in their own countries. Then national teams of various test cricket nation started twenty20 series among their teams with each other. All test playing nations have organized twenty20 cricket in their own countries and now they are organizing twenty20 cups by the inclusion of various international players in their domestic teams. So this format of cricket got so much popularity.

ICC organized ICC World twenty20 which was played among about 10 countries of the world in South Africa during 2007. During the first Twenmty20 World cup India beat Pakistan and won the first ICC World Twenty20. During the second ICC World CUP Twenty20 Pakistan won the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka. That tournament was played in England in 2009 and in third ICC World twenty20 England defeated Australia and won the tournament which was played in West Indies in 2010.

ICC T20 Cricket World Cup

Format

This format of cricket is played on the lines of One Day International but in this format the overs limit has been decreased from 50 to 20 and this match has to be completed in 200 minutes. Each team has to bat not more than 100 minutes. In this match the team players have to stay at the corner of the rope just like players of hockey, football and baseball.

General rules

The general laws and rules of cricket apply to Twenty20 with some modifications:

• Each bowler has to bowl maximum of one-fifth of the total overs in an inning. If the match is continued without any break then the bowler has to bowl 4 overs.
• If the bowler crosses the bowling crease while bowling to the batsman then that ball is declared no ball and the very next ball is declared free ball on which batsman can hit freely without any danger of being bowled or caught or given LBW out except run out, handled the ball, interrupting the field or hitting the ball two times consecutively.

Some of the fielding restrictions are also applied:

• Any team is not allowed to take more than five fielders on the leg side at any time during the match.
• Maximum two fielders can be taken outside the 30-yard circle during first six overs.
• After the first six overs, a maximum of five fielders can be outside the fielding circle.
• The bowling side has to start 20^th over within 75 minutes and if they cannot do so they have to face the plenty of 6 runs in every remaining overs which may be included in the scores of batting side. But if umpire deemed it necessary that the batting side has wasted some time then he cannot give the plenty to the fielding side.

Tie deciders

Main article: Super Over

If scores of both teams are level in a match and it is essential to declare the winner of the match then there is another mini match of one over is played in which three batsmen and one bowler is nominated. The team which scored highest run is declared the winner of the match. But if two batsmen are dismissed before the end of the over then opposite team is declared winner. In previous matches the team who bowled more and more out then that was declared winner.

T20 cricket is now very popular to watch online at the internet. Many websites covers Twenty Twenty matches live. So you can watch T20 live matches online at many websites.

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