The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will be the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that will be held in Sri Lanka in 2012. The schedule has not yet been posted by ICC . This will be the first World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country, the last three being held in South Africa, England and the West Indies respectively.The 2012 World Twenty20 will be the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament. The first was hosted by South Africa in 2007, where India beat Pakistan to become inaugural World Twenty20 champions. Pakistan, the losing finalists in 2007, defeated Sri Lanka in the 2009 tournament, held in England. England became the third World Twenty20 champions by beating Australia in the West Indies. The 2014 ICC World T20 is to be held in Bangladesh, and the 2016 ICC World T20 is to be held in India.The ICC development committee has expanded the global qualification system for the World Twenty20, to give the Associate and Affiliate members of the governing body a chance to feature in the tournament. The qualification tournament, which was contested by eight teams in February 2010, is set to feature 16 sides when it is held in early 2012 ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, later that year.
ICC Twenty20 World 2012 Rules and regulations
During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows.
Results
Win 2 points
No result 1 point
Loss 0 points
In case of a tie a Super Over decides the winner. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament.
Within each group teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria.
Higher number of points
If equal, higher number of wins
If still equal, higher net run rate
If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
If still equal, result of head to head meeting.
ICC Twenty20 World Champions
ICC Twenty20 World 2007 Champions was India.
ICC Twenty20 World 2009 Champions was Pakistan.
ICC Twenty20 World 2010 Champions was England.
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