T20 World Cup 2022 guide: How to watch in UAE, fixtures, squads and prize money

Australia will attempt to defend the trophy they won in Dubai last year when they host the T20 World Cup this month.

The competition will begin with first-round group matches in Geelong and Tasmania, starting on October 16.

The two teams who top those two groups of four will advance to play alongside the top-ranking sides in the Super 12 phase.

For just the second time in history, the UAE will be part of the competition.

Back in 2014, the national team lost all their matches in the preliminary round of the World T20 in Sylhet in Bangladesh.

They will be hoping for better this time having been pitched into a group with Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Namibia.

A – Sri Lanka (8), UAE (13), Netherlands (18), Namibia (14)

B – West Indies (7), Scotland (15), Ireland (12), Zimbabwe (11)

Super 12

1 – Afghanistan (10), Australia (6), New Zealand (5), England (2), A1, B2

2 – Bangladesh (9), India (1), Pakistan (4), South Africa (3), B1, A2

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh

England: Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Alex Hales

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton de Kock, Heinrich Klaasen, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Rillee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad