{"id":1222,"date":"2015-12-11T05:43:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T05:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2015-12-20T05:48:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T05:48:21","slug":"world-t20-australia-to-face-india-pakistan-and-new-zealand-in-super-10-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=1222","title":{"rendered":"World T20: Australia to face India, Pakistan and New Zealand in Super 10 draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/t20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/t20-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"t20\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/t20-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/t20.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Australia will have a challenging Super 10 group at the World T20 after the draw was made for the tournament next March.<\/p>\n<p>The Australians were drawn in the same group as hosts India, Pakistan and New Zealand plus one qualifier, with two teams going through to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>The other group has Sri Lanka, South Africa, the West Indies and England plus one qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>The first round will begin on March 8 with two groups of four teams vying for one place each in the main draw.<\/p>\n<p>Group A will have Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland and Oman. <\/p>\n<p>Group B will feature Zimbabwe, Scotland, Hong Kong and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Group A winner will join Australia&#8217;s qualifying group, while the Group B winner will be up against the defending champions Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>The Super 10 stage will begin on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>Australia will begin its campaign against New Zealand on March 18, followed by games against the qualifier team on March 21, Pakistan on March 25 and India on March 27.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s draw pits the defending champions the Southern Stars in Group A against South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Group B contains England, West Indies, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Australia&#8217;s matches will be against South Africa on March 18, New Zealand (March 21), Sri Lanka (March 24) and Ireland (March 24).<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s World T20 finals will be played on April 3 in Kolkata.<br \/>\nSource: ABC, Ulpnet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia will have a challenging Super 10 group at the World T20 after the 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