Melbourne Cricket Ground to host India-Pakistan match at 2022 Men's T20 World Cup

The schedule for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia was announced on Friday, January 21, and Team India was drawn to lock horns with arch-rivals Pakistan in their tournament opener on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The Men's T20 World Cup 2022 is scheduled to be held in Australia between October 16 and November 13. 

Group 2 features India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, and the winner of Group B and runner-up in Group A from the first round will join the teams. 

"T20 is the global growth format for cricket and the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 will play a huge role in inspiring our next generation of players and fans as the world's best players descend on Australia and showcase the very best of our sport. The release of fixtures is always a great moment in the delivery of a World Cup as fans start to get excited about opening games, head to heads, and knock-out stages," said Geoff.

"This schedule offers so much, from the 2014 Champions Sri Lanka opening the event, to our defending champions Australia starting with a rematch of the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup Final against New Zealand and of course India taking on Pakistan at the MCG. We know that hundreds of thousands of passionate cricket fans will turn out to support every single one of the 16 teams across all seven of our host cities which is what makes it so special for the players. You only need to cast your mind back to the brilliant ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 in Australia to know that this is going to be a wonderful event for players and fans alike," he added.