As India all set to host sixth Twenty 20 (T20) World Cup in 2016, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has unveiled tournament’s logo.
The Twenty20 World Cup is to be held from March 11 to April 3 next year.
The tournament will feature 16 teams, including associate nations. There will be 10 full member teams who will qualify automatically.
They will later be joined by the six Associate Members who qualified through the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, which was played in Ireland and Scotland.
Here is the world first viewing of the ICC World Twenty20 2016 logo
#WT20 It's coming to India, March 2016! pic.twitter.com/SLPIzZx7qt
— ICC (@ICC) December 8, 2015
The qualifying teams are, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Oman.
The top eight teams will get direct qualification to the Super eights. The bottom two teams will join the Associate Members to qualify for the qualification round. The 14 teams will be divided into two groups.
The ICC also announced that Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur, Kolkata and New Delhi are the cities to host the tournament. Much cricised Kolkata stadium, Eden Gardens will be the venue for the final match of the tournament.
