T20 World Cup betting

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is the official international championship of men’s Twenty20 cricket. The West Indies hold the title after their spectacular victory at India 2016, but who will triumph when the world’s best white-ball players converge on the UAE and Oman in 2021?

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2021 T20 World Cup tournament odds

Barring any disasters in the lead-up to the tournament, most cricket bookmakers will have India starting as favourites to win the 2021 T20 World Cup.

England might not have their strongest team available, but they will have plenty of support in the betting nonetheless.

The defending champion West Indies can never be written off, while Pakistan could be the value pick in the outright market.

Players to watch at T20 World Cup 2021

• Babar Azam
  If there is a challenger to Virat Kohli as the best white-ball batsman in the world, it is this guy. Babar Azam has gone from strength to strength in all formats over the last few years and looms as the key to Pakistan’s chances of claiming a second T20 World Cup title. The flat wickets of the Middle East should amplify Babar’s stylish strokeplay.
• Glenn Maxwell
  While he is not everybody’s cup of tea, there is no denying that Glenn Maxwell is one of modern cricket’s great entertainers. The Australian all-rounder comes into the T20 World Cup off a terrific campaign in the Indian Premier League and looks poised to play a big part in the UAE and Oman.
• Rashid Khan
  If you have never seen this guy play, you are missing out on something special. An outstanding young spinner who has already made a big impact on the worldwide T20 circuit, Rashid Khan has that rare ability to contain batsmen and hunt wickets at the same time. His googly is the best in the business and his lower-order hitting is very handy as well.
• Mitchell Starc
  With the white ball in hand, a fit and firing Mitchell Starc is all but unstoppable. He was the undisputed player of the tournament at the 2015 Cricket World Cup with 22 wickets at a strike rate of 17.4, and a similar performance in 2021 could put Australia in the mix to win their maiden Twenty20 title.

Exotic betting markets

T20 cricket is a paradise for punters who love exotic bets and player props. High-profile events such as the Twenty20 World Cup offer hundreds of prop bets for every game, covering everything from the man of the match award, to over/under bets on innings totals and player scores, to the outcome of the coin toss. Below are just some of the most popular cricket exotics available at leading bookmakers online.

Match markets

• Team to win the coin toss
• Team to hit the most sixes
• Team to hit the most fours
• Total match sixes
• Total match fours
• Team of top batsman

Innings markets

• Highest opening partnership
• Highest first six overs
• Score at fall of first wicket
• Highest runs in an over
• Method of first dismissal
• Team total runs

Player prop markets

• Man of the match
• Top match batsman
• Top match bowler
• Top team batsman
• Top team bowler
• Player total runs
• Player performance head-to-head

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2021 T20 World Cup teams

On December 31, 2018, the host nation and the top nine teams in the ICC rankings were granted automatic qualification to the T20 World Cup. (Australia was the original host nation, but the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent postponement of the tournament saw India take up the role.)

• India
• Pakistan
• Australia
• England
• South Africa
• New Zealand
• West Indies
• Afghanistan
• Sri Lanka
• Bangladesh

The rest of the field consists of teams who won through the T20 World Cup Qualifier. Papua New Guinea and Oman will feature in the T20 World Cup for the first time.

• Papua New Guinea
• Netherlands
• Ireland
• Namibia
• Scotland
• Oman

T20 World Cup groups & tournament format

The T20 World Cup first round features eight teams split into groups of four. Each section features three qualifiers and one of the bottom two sides from the top 10 teams.

Group A

• Ireland
• Namibia
• Netherlands
• Sri Lanka

Group B

• Bangladesh
• Oman
• Papua New Guinea
• Scotland

After a round-robin fixture, the top two teams from each group will join the other eight automatic qualifiers in the Super 12, which features two groups of six teams apiece.

Group 1

• Australia
• England
• South Africa
• West Indies
• Group A winner
• Group B runner-up

Group 2

• Afghanistan
• India
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Group B winner
• Group A runner-up

Following another set of round-robin games, the top two teams in each Super 12 group will advance into a two-part knockout phase that includes semi finals and a final.

Twenty20 World Cup final results

The ICC World T20 – as it was originally known – was first held in 2007 in South Africa, where India claimed the inaugural title in a blockbuster final against arch-rivals Pakistan. The tournament has been held every two years since 2010, but that will change to a four-year cycle following India 2016. West Indies are the only multiple champions.

• South Africa 2007
  • India (5/157) defeated Pakistan (152) by five runs
• England 2009
  • Pakistan (2/139) defeat Sri Lanka (6/138) by eight wickets
• West Indies 2010
  • England (3/148) defeat Australia (6/147) by seven wickets
• Sri Lanka 2012
  • West Indies (6/137) defeated Sri Lanka (101) by 36 runs
• Bangladesh 2014
  • Sri Lanka (4/134) defeated India (4/130) by six wickets
• India 2016
  • West Indies (161/6) defeated England (155/9) by four wickets