T20 World Cup Host: From 2007 to 2024
| Year | Starting Date | Finals date | Host | Final Stadium |
| 2024 | June | 29 June | West Indies & United States | Kensington Oval, Barbados |
| 2022 | October 13 | 13 November | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| 2021 | October 17 | November 15 | UAE and Oman | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai |
| 2016 | March 8 | April 3 | India | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 2014 | March 16 | April 6 | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka |
| 2012 | September 18 | October 7 | Sri Lanka | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| 2010 | April 30 | May 16 | West Indies | Kensington Oval, Barbados |
| 2009 | June 5 | June 21 | England | Lord’s, London |
| 2007 | September 11 | September 24 | South Africa | Wanderers, Johannesburg |
T20 World Cup 2024 Host - West Indies & The United States of America
After a gap of 14 years, the T20 World Cup will return to the Caribbean islands. This time, though, the hosting duties will be shared by the United States of America.
The 20-team marquee event will take place across the length and breadth of the Caribbean islands and in the US between June 02-29, 2024.
St. Lucia, Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad, Antigua, and St. Vincent will host matches in the Caribbean, with the iconic Kensington Oval playing host to the summit clash on June 29. The semi-finals will be hosted by Trinidad and Guyana.
As far as the USA is concerned, New York will host the iconic India vs. Pakistan encounter on June 09. Apart from the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, and Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill will also play host to ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 matches.
T20 World Cup 2022 Host - Australia
ICC T20 World Cup 2022 will be hosted by Australia. Earlier, they were set to host the 5th edition of the tournament. But, due to the global pandemic COVID-19, ICC had to postpone the tournament to 2022. Cricket Australia will leave no stone unturned in making this season of the T20 World Cup a big success. The main league of the tournament will begin on 16th October with the opening game set to be played between Sri Lanka and Namibia.
A total of 16 teams are taking part in the tournament including Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, West Indies, and Zimbabwe.
T20 World Cup 2021 Host - UAE and Oman
UAE and Oman will be co-hosting the ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Initially, the tournament was supposed to happen in India. However, the BCCI moved it to the Gulf nations. The tournament will begin on October 17 and end on November 14, with Dubai International Cricket Stadium playing host to the finale.\
T20 World Cup 2016 Host - India
8 stadiums across India played host to the ICC T20 World Cup 2016. Unfortunately, a few matches could not happen due to rain interruptions. But overall, fans enjoyed the competition between teams on Indian pitches.
T20 World Cup 2014 - Bangladesh
Bangladesh hosted the entire ICC T20 World Cup across three venues. Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium hosted the summit clash. Despite having home advantage, Bangladesh finished last in Group 2.
T20 World Cup 2012 Host - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka became the first Asian nation to host the ICC T20 World Cup in 2012. The home team made it to the final, but lost to the West Indies. Three T20 World Cup venues hosted the tourney in 2012.
T20 World Cup 2010 Host - West Indies
Three countries - Guyana, Barbados and St. Lucia hosted the 2010 ICC T20 World Cup. Hosts West Indies failed to win the competition. A venue each in the three countries hosted the T20 World Cup fixtures
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T20 World Cup 2009 Host - England
Three venues across England played host to the ICC T20 World Cup 2009. The host nation struggled a bit in the competition. The final happened at Lord’s.
T20 World Cup 2007 Host - South Africa
South Africa was the first nation to host the ICC T20 World Cup. To date, it is the only African country to host the tournament. Three stadiums of the country were used for the matches.
FAQs
1) Who is the host of T20 World Cup 2024?
The West Indies and the United States of America will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
2) Who hosted the ICC T20 world cup 2022?
Australia hosted the 2022 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup.
3) Who will be hosting the 2026 T20 World Cup?
India and Bangladesh will co-host the next ICC T20 World Cup in 2026.
4) How is the host for the T20 World Cup decided?
The executive committee of the ICC votes for the hosts after they receive bids from the various nations interested to host the ICC T20 World Cup. Of late, there has been a rotational policy in place for the hosting rights of the Cricket World Cups.
5) How many times has India hosted the T20 World Cup?
India have hosted the T20 World Cup twice- 2016 and 2021. However, in 2021, the event was played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman due to Covid-19 issues in India.
