ICC World Twenty20 2012 opening ceremony -Cricket, Sports, Twenty-Twenty

The ICC World Twenty20 (2012) will be held in Sri Lanka between September 18 and October 7, 2012.

You can watch the live streaming of ICC T20 world cup opening ceremony from ESPNStar at espnstar.com/live. You can watch the opening ceremony from other TV channels too. The opening ceremony will feature different celebrities across the world.

ICC World Twenty20 (2012) will be the first World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country, the last three being held in South Africa, England and the West Indies respectively.

Groups :

Group A – England, India, Afghanistan
Group B – Australia, West Indies, Ireland
Group C – Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Group D – Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh

Venues and Fixtures :

Match fixtures were announced on 21 September 2011 by ICC.

The first match is going to be played between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on September 18 as the inaugural match of the Cup.

Date and Time	Match Details and Series

Tue Sep 18 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group C : 1st T20 - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Wed Sep 19 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group B : 2nd T20 - Australia vs Ireland R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Wed Sep 19 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group A : 3rd T20 - India vs Afghanistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Sep 20 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group C : 4th T20 - South Africa vs Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Fri Sep 21 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group D : 5th T20 - New Zealand vs Bangladesh Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 21 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group A : 6th T20 - England vs Afghanistan R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 22 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group C : 7th T20 - Sri Lanka vs South Africa Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota
Sat Sep 22 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group B : 8th T20 - Australia vs West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 23 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Group D : 9th T20 - New Zealand vs Pakistan Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sun Sep 23 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group A : 10th T20 - England vs India R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Sep 24 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group B : 11th T20 - West Indies vs Ireland R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Sep 25 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Group D : 12th T20 - Bangladesh vs Pakistan Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 13th T20 - TBC vs TBC (C1 v D2) Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Thu Sep 27 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 14th T20 - TBC vs TBC (A1 v B2) Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Fri Sep 28 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 15th T20 - TBC vs TBC (D1 v C2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Sep 28 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 16th T20 - TBC vs TBC (B1 v A2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Sep 29 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 17th T20 - TBC vs TBC (A1 v D2) Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sat Sep 29 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 18th T20 - TBC vs TBC (C1 v B2) Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Sun Sep 30 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 19th T20 - TBC vs TBC (B1 v C2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Sep 30 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 20th T20 - TBC vs TBC (D1 v A2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mon Oct 1 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 21st T20 - TBC vs TBC (B2 v D2) Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Mon Oct 1 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 1 : 22nd T20 - TBC vs TBC (A1 v C1) Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Tue Oct 2 15:30 local \| 10:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 23rd T20 - TBC vs TBC (B1 v D1) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Oct 2 19:30 local \| 14:00 GMT	Super Eights, Group 2 : 24th T20 - TBC vs TBC (A2 v C2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Thu Oct 4 19:00 local \| 13:30 GMT	1st Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC (SE Group-1 1 v SE Group-2 2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Fri Oct 5 19:00 local \| 13:30 GMT	2nd Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC (SE Group-2 1 v SE Group-1 2) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sun Oct 7 19:00 local \| 13:30 GMT	Final T20 - TBC vs TBC R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo