For the this KFC T20I series, Steven Smith will be the captain of the team. So now he will be the skipper of the team in all format of cricket. Earlier Arron Finch was given this job for T20I. Three new faces joining the Australian team squad Peter Nevill, Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa.

Wicket-keeper Nevill has already made his Test debut ,Left-arm spinner Ashton have played two Tests & ODI matches, where Adam played two ODI against New Zealand recently. So all the three players have played international cricket matches earlier but how they will handle the pressure of T20 cricket will see in this upcoming series. In the bowling squad of Australia James Faulkner leading with Josh Hazlewood ,John Hastings, Shane Watson & Nathan Coulter-Nile.

As always Faf du Plessis will be the skipper of South African team. Kagiso Rabada & Dale Steyn return will bring back the strength in the pace attack of the team. The wicket-Keeper batsman Quinton de Kock also making his comback into the squad strengthening batting line up along with AB. It doesn’t matter which country you belongs but If you love cricket you will be definitely fan of AB De-Villiers. Lets see how AB will handle Aussies bowling attack in this series.

Two of the three matches will be played in night and one will be under the sun shine. Three different venues Durban, Johannesburg & Cape Town are selected for the series.

So it will be definitely a power pack cricket entertainment series where both the teams have that ability to change the game with in an over. So are you ready for the entertainment ?? It will be raining sixes from both the ends in South Africa for sure.

Here is the schedule of South Africa vs Australia T20 series 2016 and time-table with the venues:-

• Country to host the Series : South Africa
• Start  : 4th March 2016
• Ends : 9th March 2016
• Series : Australia in South Africa T20I

Date				Match	Venue	Time (local)
4th March		VS		SA vs Aus 1st T20	Kingsmead, Durban	18:00
6th March		VS		SA vs Aus 2nd T20	The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	14:30
9th March		VS		SA vs Aus 3rd T20	Newlands, Cape Town	18:00

So mark your dates according to the above given Schedule of South Africa vs Australia T20 matches starting from 4th March 2016.

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It will be the first time when Asia Cup matches will be played in T20 format, as it has been announced by the ICC that Asia Cup will be played in the same format as of the next upcoming ICC World Events.

Pakistan Team will be led by Shahid Afridi. Considering the T20 World Cup 2016, Pakistan team has been announced with 4 changes. Ahmed Shehzad has been placed by Khurram Manzoor because of the poor performance of the former in T20 series against Newzealand last month. The other three which are axed from the selected 15 includes Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Gul and Mohammad Rizwan.

Also Check: Pakistan Super League Schedule

Pakistan Team Squad for 2016 Asia Cup:

1. Shahid Afridi (C)
2. Mohammad Hafeez
3. Shoaib Malik
4. Umar Akmal
5. Sarfraz Ahmed (WK)
6. Babar Azam
7. Iftikhar Ahmed
8. Imad Wasim
9. Anwar Ali
10. Mohammad Irfan
11. Wahab Riaz
12. Mohammad Amir
13. Mohammad Nawaz
14. Khurram Manzoor
15. Rumman Raees

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The Vivo IPL 2016 Schedule & Fixtures are not announced yet but the starting dates are out. The tournament will be played between 8 teams. This year two new teams are introduced Gujarat Lions & Rising Pune Supergiants by BCCI since Lodha Committee banned Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for the next two years due to involvement of both the teams in Fixing issues in 2013 season of Indian premier league. But the good news for CSK & RR fans that their favorite cricketer will continue to play in IPL T20 for different franchises.

Here are the teams which will be part of IPL 2016 :-

The grand international cricket Tournament “T20 Cricket World Cup 2016” will be played from 8th March 2016 – 3rd April 2016 & just after the tournament Indian Premier league T20 will start from 9th April. So back to back T20 Cricket matches will be there in the First Quarter of the year.

New in IPL 2016 :

• We will see Suresh Raina as a captain of Gujarat Lions since he is now part of Intex franchise team.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be the Skipper of new team, Pune.
• Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin and Steven Smith joining RPS.
• Yuvraj Singh will wear Orange Jersey as he will be part of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
• Shane Watson will be the part of Virat Kohli brigade.
• Virender Sehwag will be the mentor of KXIP

Have a Look : Pakistan Super League T20 2016

Total of Rs 136 Crore was spent in this year’s IPL Auction which comprises 66 Indian players and 22 overseas cricketers. All eight teams franchises are ready with their team squad and gearing up for the upcoming event. The schedule & Time table of Vivo Indian Premier League T20 will be announced soon. We will put here as soon as the IPL officials make available to us.

Update : The IPL 2016 time-table is out now. The first match will be played between Mumbai Indians and Rising pune supergiants on April 9th 2016. Check full-time table with venue below  :- (You can download PDF File which is given in the end of the article)

Update: GL,RCB,SRH and KKR qualified into the play-offs of IPL 2016.

Download full schedule in the PDF Format here.

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1. Sharjah international cricket ground
2. Dubai international cricket ground

Total 5 teams are there in the PSL 2016 named on Pakistan’s major cities and they are :-

1. Lahore Qalandars
2. Islamabad United
3. Peshawar Zalmi
4. Quetta Gladiators
5. Karachi kings

Each team having combination of Pakistani and overseas cricketers. Shane Watson, Kevin Pieterson, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and many more big players are the part of tournament. Shahid Afridi, Misbah Ul Haq, Shoaib Malik,Wahab Riaz are some of the big and popular Pakistani cricketer which will be part of the Pakistan Cricket League 2016. The PSL 2016 schedule is out now, you can check all the fixtures of your favorite T20 match as given below.

Update : Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United entered into PSL T20 Finale

Pakistan Super League Schedule 2016 :-

Total 20 league matches will be played between 5 teams and the top 4 teams in the points table will qualify to the playoffs. Full schedule of PSL 2016 is given below :

Also Check : Masters Champions League 2016

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This year ICC brings Asia Cup in T20 format as T20 World Cup 2016 is standing ahead which will start from 8 March 2016. ICC announced that Asia cup will be played in both formats in ODI and T20 but according to the upcoming world cup tournament. It means that in 2016, It will be played in T20 format and in 2018 it will be a ODI format tournament since in 2019 ODI world cup is scheduled. So Asia cup will be organised on rotation basis.

Teams Which are Participating in the Asia Cup 2016 :

1. India
2. Sri Lanka
3. Pakistan
4. Bangladesh
5. UAE (Qualifying team)

Update :United Arab Emirates won the qualifier round and became the 5th team of Asia cup 2016. Check Qualifier Points table here.

Teams which will play Qualifier round :-

1.  Afghanistan
2. Hong Kong
3. Oman
4. United Arab Emirates (Won)

Qualifier Schedule :

Here is the schedule for the qualifier rounds –

The team who top the points table of Qualifiers will be the fifth team of the tournament,

Asia Cup 2016 Schedule :–

Also Check : India vs Sri Lanka T20 2016 Schedule

The two teams which will be on the top of the Asia cup 2016 points table will play the finals on 6 March 2016.

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For this series Virat Kohli is rested and Young Manish Panday is selected as a replacement. Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh are also selected for the series.Pawan Negi will be the new face for the series. MS Dhoni will be the captain of the team for the series. After winning Ind vs Aus T20 series, Indian team is pretty confident for the upcoming matches and the ICC world T20 tournament.

Here is the India vs Sri Lanka T20 series schedule :-

Just after this series Asia cup T20 is coming where four Asian teams Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & India will participate. Just stay tune with for more cricket action and share your views with us in comments.

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If we talk about Indian Team Squad for T20 series, few more players are added to the squad and they are :-

1. Suresh Raina
2. Yuvraj Singh
3. Harbhajan Singh
4. AshishNehra
5. HardikPandya

So now India has some more experience players in their squad which will surely help in the T20 series. Yuvraj Singh will be the key player for the Australia vs India T20 series. He is also selected for the ICC T20 world Cup 2016. So this T20 series will give confidence to all team members for the upcoming T20 world cup.

Australia vs India 1st T20 Match Details :-

Venue :  Adelaide, Oval

Timing : 14:10 IST (08:40 GMT)

Toss : Aus won the toss and decided to field first.

Team : India and Australia

Watch Australia vs India 1st T20 Live Score here .

Update: India beat Australia by 37 runs

Here is the Scorecard of 1st ODI India vs Australia :-

India Innings 188-3 

Australian Bowling :-

Australia Innings :151-10 in 19.3 overs

Indian Bowling :

Stay tune for the Australia vs India 2nd T20.

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Zimbabwe is on the tour for Bangladesh for the Walton T20 series. Three T20 matches got their result already and now its 4th & last T20 of the series which will be played on 22 January 2016 at 3:00 pm (local) . The live cricket score of Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 4th T20 will be covered here at cricket99.com .

Bangladesh Team Squad :

1. Imrul Kayes
2. Soumya Sarkar
3. Sabbir Rahman
4. Mosaddek Hossain
5. Shakib Al Hasan
6. Mahmudullah
7. Muktar Ali
8. Nurul Hasan(wicket keeper)
9. Mashrafe Mortaza(captain)
10. Mohammad Shahid
11. Abu Hider
12. Al-Amin Hossain
13. Arafat Sunny
14. Shuvagata Hom
15. Tamim Iqbal
16. Taskin Ahmed
17. Mushfiqur Rahim

Zimbabwe Team Squad :-

1. Hamilton Masakadza(captain)
2. VusiSibanda
3. Richmond Mutumbami(wicket Keeper)
4. Sean Williams
5. Malcolm Waller
6. Sikandar Raza
7. Peter Moor
8. Graeme Cremer
9. Brian Vitori
10. Tendai Chisoro
11. Taurai Muzarabani
12. Luke Jongwe
13. Neville Madziva
14. Chamu Chibhabha
15. Wellington Masakadza
16. Elton Chigumbura

Out of these players, playing Eleven of each team will be announced just before the match.

Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 4th T20 Live Cricket Score :

Check all the live cricket score of Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 4th T20 here .

Update: Zimbabwe won the match by 18 runs and level the series by 2-2.

Zimbabwe : 180/4

Bangladesh : 162/10

Man of the Match : Hamilton Masakadza

Man of the Series : Hamilton Masakadza

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