DUBAI: Cricket fans from across the world are invited to Oman and the UAE to ‘Live the Game’ at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, with tickets for every one of the 45 matches going on sale from Sunday.
The Men’s T20 World Cup kickstarts in Muscat on 17 October and concludes in the UAE on 14 November.
Prices start at 10 OMR and 30 AED in Oman and UAE respectively. Tickets are available to purchase on https://www.t20worldcup.com/tickets.
In the UAE all venues will be operating at approximately 70% of maximum seated capacity, whilst Abu Dhabi has also introduced new socially distanced ‘pods’ of a maximum of 4 spectators on their east and west grass mounds. The Oman Cricket Academy has had a temporary infrastructure built to welcome 3,000 fans.
The ICC and event hosts BCCI have worked closely with host authorities to ensure fans can be welcomed in a safe environment and COVID 19 protocols will apply at all venues.
The Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 is the largest sporting event to be held in the region and it will be the biggest global cricket event since the pandemic with fans in stadia.
The schedule offers a host of key rivalry fixtures and mouth-watering match ups. The tournament kicks off with the Round 1 match between Oman and Papua New Guinea in Muscat. Whilst, Australia and South Africa play the first match of Super 12s on 23 October in Abu Dhabi followed by the replay of the 2016 final between England and West Indies also on 23 October in Dubai. One of cricket’s biggest rivalries, India and Pakistan, will take place on 24 October in Dubai.
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In addition to the cricket, fans will also get to enjoy a host of entertainment choices, including DJs, fan zones and various other activations around each venue.
Among full member nations Bangladesh, Ireland and 2014 winners Sri Lanka, there are also Namibia, Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea, and Scotland all battling to qualify for the Super 12 stage. There are four available places joining Afghanistan (?), Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and West Indies in the Super 12 stage.
An announcement regarding the tournament’s global broadcast coverage is still awaited.
