The 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will begin on Saturday, October 15 in Australia, with 16 nations competing in 45 Group and Knockout Stage matches until a champion is crowned on Sunday, November 13. This tournament was originally scheduled for 2020, but had to be rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup was scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman, but it was forced to be relocated.
Australia won the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time, defeating New Zealand by 8 wickets, with David Warner named Player of the Series. Pakistan’s Babar Azam finished the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with the most runs (301). Online sportsbooks have ICC Men’s T20 World Cup odds available for wagering, as well as the defending champions. With +275 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup betting odds, Australia and India are co-favorites to win the tournament, which begins in just a few days.
Following Australia and India in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Betting odds are England (4/1), Pakistan (7/1), and New Zealand (8/1) with all other ICC Men’s T20 World Cup participants having double-digit ICC Men’s T20 World Cup odds in the Futures.
The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has been played seven times, with the West Indies winning two times (2012, 2016) and India (2007), Pakistan (2009), England (2010), Sri Lanka (2014), and Australia (2021) each winning once.
The Group Stage begins on Saturday, October 15, with teams from Group A (Namibia, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, UAE) playing the first of 46 matches at Kardinia Park in Geelong (2 pm AEDT, 12 am EDT/9 pm PDT).
The Netherlands and the UAE will square off in Match 2 of the tournament on Sunday, October 16 at Kardinia Park in Geelong (19:00). The best online sportsbooks have ICC Men’s T20 World Cup odds for all 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches.
Play in Group B (Ireland, Scotland, West Indies, and Zimbabwe) will begin on Monday, October 17 at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Australia, with Scotland facing the West Indies (15:00) in Match 3, followed by Ireland and Zimbabwe in Match 4. (19:00).
The four teams in Group A qualified for the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup by finishing ninth through twelfth in the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, while the four teams in Group B all advanced by winning global qualifiers. Australia, Afghanistan, England, and New Zealand (Group 1) will begin play on Sunday, October 22 in Australia, while Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and South Africa (Group 2) will begin play on Monday, October 23.
Captain Aaron Finch, 2021 ICC T20 Men’s T20 World Cup Player of the Series Warner, and Australia will face New Zealand in their opener on Sunday, October 22 from the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney in a much-anticipated lid-lifter for both clubs. The 2022 ICC T20 Men’s T20 World Cup Semifinals will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney (November 9, 7 p.m. AEDT) and the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide following the Knockout Stage (November 10, 7 pm AEDT).
The 2022 ICC T20 Men’s T20 World Cup Final will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds on Sunday, November 13 (7 pm AEDT; 19:00) in Melbourne. From online sportsbook BetUS, here are your ICC Men’s T20 World Cup betting odds:
Odds to Win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
| Team | Odds |
| India | +275 |
| Australia | +275 |
| England | +400 |
| Pakistan | +700 |
| New Zealand | +800 |
| West Indies | +1400 |
| Sri Lanka | +2200 |
| Afghanistan | +5000 |
| Bangladesh | +6500 |
Can Australia defend its T20 World Cup title?
Australia Head Coach Andrew McDonald and the defending champions bring a strong squad to the tournament, including Captain Aaron Finch, 2021 ICC T20 Men’s T20 World Cup Player of the Series David Warner, and rising star and batsman Tim David.
With an embarrassment of riches at the Batsmen position, including himself, Finch, David, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, and Steve Smith, Warner was recently quoted as saying “Selectors have a headache now.”
Australia is the joint-oldest team in test cricket history, having played its first test match in 1877, and this club went 34 straight World Cup matches without losing until Pakistan spilled their Foster’s Lager in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
India (+275 to win the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, BetUS) is the co-favorite with Australia (+275), and the only other country to ever win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on its own home soil, and an Australia-India Final would surprise few fans.
However, England (4/1), Pakistan (7/1), South Africa (8/1), the Black Cats of New Zealand (8/1), and the West Indies (14/1) will all enter confident that they can make the Semifinals after Knockout Stage play, and Pakistan returns its star batsman Azam.
Longer shots Sri Lanka (22/1), Afghanistan (50/1), and Bangladesh (65/1) will almost certainly not win this tournament, so this Futures handicap as most will end up being a simple process of elimination.
Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka was the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup wickets leader, taking 16 wickets in his club’s eight matches in this prestigious Cricket tournament.
No matter who loses the Australia-New Zealand Trans-Tasman Group 1 opener, both nations will still have a chance to reach the Semis, and with that confidence and lofty expectations of playing on their home turf, expect Finch, Warner, and David to deliver.
No nation has ever won back-to-back ICC Men’s World Cup Twenty20 titles, but this Australian team has a real chance, but it will need strong play from its wicket-keepers, and this tournament is pretty open, with a rematch of the 2021 Final very possible.
Last year, it was all-rounder Mitchell Marsh’s 50-ball 77 to chase 173 with 7 balls to spare that helped Australia win their first T20 World Cup title in the UAE, and with the talented all-rounder Marsh back, the Aussies will be a difficult team to beat Down Under.
The 2022 ICC T20 Men’s World Cup can be viewed on Willow TV (TV) or streamed on Hotstar in the United States. Canadians can also stream the ICC T20 World Cup on Hotstar and watch it on their televisions via Willow Canada.
Sky Sports (TV) and Sky Go (streaming) will broadcast the tournament in the United Kingdom, while Fox Sports will broadcast the 2022 ICC T20 Men’s World Cup in Australia, with streaming available via the Kayo service.
The 2024 ICC T20 Men’s World Cup is set to take place in the West Indies and the United States, marking the first time that the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup will be held in the United States, and host nations always receive a tournament bid.
Champions of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
- 2021: Australia defeated New Zealand by an innings and eight wickets.
- 2016: England was defeated by West Indies by four wickets.
- 2014: Sri Lanka defeated India by a score of 6 wickets.
- 2012: West Indies defeated England by a score of 36 runs.
- 2010: England defeated Australia by a score of 7 wickets.
- 2008: Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and eight wickets.
- 2007: Pakistan was defeated by India by 5 runs.
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