Former
India
captain
MS
Dhoni
will
be
the
mentor
of
the
team
while
Virat
Kohli
will
lead
the
side.
Veteran
off-spinner
R
Ashwin
returned
to
the
white
ball
squad
after
a
gap
of
four
years.

Ashwin
had
last
played
a
T20I
against
West
Indies
in
July
2017.
Yuzvendra
Chahal
misses
out
as
MS
Dhoni
will
be
the
mentor
of
the
team.

While
the
Board
of
Control
for
Cricket
in
India
(BCCI)
has
the
hosting
rights,
the
tournament
has
been
moved
out
of
the
country
with
an
eye
on
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
India
and
Pakistan
will
be
locking
horns
on
October
24
in
a
group-stage
encounter.

The
tournament
will
get
underway
from
October
17,
with
the
final
to
be
played
in
Dubai
on
November
14.

The
tournament
will
begin
with
the
Round
1
Group
B
encounter
between
hosts
Oman
and
Papua
New
Guinea
on
October
17,
with
Scotland
and
Bangladesh,
the
other
teams
in
Group
B,
clashing
in
the
evening
match.

Ireland,
Netherlands,
Sri
Lanka,
and
Namibia
—
making
up
Group
A
—
will
be
in
action
in
Abu
Dhabi
the
next
day,
with
Round
1
matches
running
till
October
22.
The
top
two
teams
in
each
group
will
proceed
to
the
Super
12
stage
of
the
tournament
beginning
on
October
23.

The
second
round
of
the
tournament
—
the
Super12
stage
—
will
get
underway
in
Abu
Dhabi
on
October
23,
with
the
Group
1
contest
between
Australia
and
South
Africa.
This
will
be
followed
up
with
an
evening
clash
between
England
and
West
Indies
in
Dubai.

Old
rivals
England
and
Australia
will
lock
horns
in
Dubai
on
October
30.
It
will
conclude
on
November
6
with
matches
between
Australia
and
West
Indies
in
Abu
Dhabi,
and
England
and
South
Africa
in
Sharjah.

Group
2
will
commence
with
a
heavyweight
clash
between
India
and
Pakistan
in
Dubai
on
October
24.
Pakistan
then
take
on
New
Zealand
in
Sharjah
on
October
26,
in
a
tough
start
for
the
2009
champions.

Afghanistan
begin
their
campaign
on
October
25
at
Sharjah,
taking
on
the
winners
of
Group
B
from
the
first
round.
It
will
conclude
on
November
8,
with
India
taking
on
the
second-placed
Round
1
qualifier
from
Group
A.

The
first
semifinal
will
be
held
in
Abu
Dhabi
on
November
10.
The
second
semi-final
will
be
hosted
by
Dubai
on
November
11.

Both
semifinals
have
reserve
days.
The
marquee
clash
of
the
tournament
will
take
place
in
Dubai
on
November
14,
Sunday,
with
Monday
acting
as
the
reserve
day
for
the
final.

The
India
squad
for
the
T20
World
Cup
2021:
Virat
Kohli
(Captain),
Rohit
Sharma
(vice-captain),
KL
Rahul,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Rishabh
Pant
(wk),
Ishan
Kishan
(wk),
Hardik
Pandya,
Ravindra
Jadeja,
Rahul
Chahar,
R
Ashwin,
Axar
Patel,
Varun
Chakravarthy,
Jasprit
Bumrah,
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar,
Mohammed
Shami.

Stand-byes:
Shreyas
Iyer,
Deepak
Chahar,
Shardul
Thakur.