Kardinia Park Stadium Venue for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Australia – International Cricket Council ICC has announced the T20 World Cup 2022 to start from 23rd October 2022. It will go for a month and will end on 13th November 2022. The T20 WC 2022 schedule is announced. All the team squads have also been announced. The T20 world cup 2022 venue has been decided. There are seven venues including the stadium in Bellerive, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth. Australia will be hosting the T20 World Cup 2022 matches.
The first part of the world cup 2022 will be played at Gabba Stadium. While some matches will be played in Kardinia stadium also. All the cricket fans will enjoy watching the world cup matches live from the stadium. All the stadiums have never hosted the World Cup 2022 matches from the previous seasons. You can have a look at the complete details of the T20 WC 2022 venue decided by the International Cricket Council.
Kardinia Park Stadium Venue for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Australia:
Kardinia Park Stadium is also known as GMHBA stadium. This name has been given to this stadium because of the naming rights. The naming rights have been changing continuously because they are sold to other brands recently. It has been named GMHBA Stadium. But previously it was known as Shell Stadium, Simonds Stadium, Skilled Stadium, and Baytech Stadium. Kardinia Park Stadium is located in Geelong. It is a state of Australia. The stadium is owned by Kardinia Park Stadium Trust. It is also operated by this trust. This stadium serves as the home ground for the Geelong Football Club.
The stadium possesses a capacity of holding 36000 people in it in the regional city. This Kardinia Park Stadium is the largest capacity Australian stadium. The stadium can be easily reached by the common public. This stadium has been hosting games apart from cricket as well. Many football and rugby games have also been played in this stadium. The stadium is selected for the T20 World Cup 2022 for some of the matches. It is a highly developed stadium that will be delighted to host the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 matches.
Kardinia Park Stadium Dimensions:
The Kardinia Park Stadium is wide and made with unique features. Its length is 170m and the width is 115m. This stadium is very spacious. The pitch conditions and the fielding area are also accurate and amazing for all the players.
It is constructed to be a feasible stadium for various sports tournaments. The upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 will be held in this stadium. This is because it possesses high and accurate dimensions.
This will be a great opportunity for the Kardinia Park Stadium Trust to make the stadium able to host all the upcoming matches. A total of 7 matches will be played in this stadium. The stadium is wide and flooded with lights for the nighttime matches. It provides a great sitting area to the fans of the T20 World Cup 2022.
Kardinia Park Stadium Naming Rights Sponsors:
The naming rights have been given to many companies for the past years. The Kardinia Park Stadium after giving the naming rights has been named according to that sponsor.
- From 1999 to 2001, it was given to Shell. Then the stadium was known as Shell stadium.
- In 2002, Baytech company was given rights. The stadium was known as Baytech Stadium. It was known as BTech Stadium.
- 2000 to 2011, it was known as Skilled Stadium because of the naming rights sponsors.
- 2012 to 2017, this Stadium has been named Simonds stadium.
- From 2018 till the present, the stadium is known as GMHBA Stadium. These names have been given according to the naming rights sponsor companies.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Matches in Kardinia Park Stadium:
This stadium will be holding 6 matches of the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 tournament. These matches will be played between different teams of group A, group B, group 1, and 2. Both round teams will play the matches. The stadium is a complete fit for the teams to play the T20 World Cup 2022 matches.
Following is the complete detail of the T20 World Cup 2022 matches schedule that will be played at this venue:
- Sri Lanka versus India match is the first match of the T20 World Cup 2022 tournament. It will be played in this stadium. Both the teams are from group A. It will be played at 4:00 p.m.
- The second match of the T20 World Cup 2022 is between the second qualifier team from round 1 and the third qualifier team. Both the teams will appear as a result of the top points at the end of qualifying rounds. This match will be played in Kardinia Park Stadium at 8 p.m.
- The first match of the T20 World Cup 2022 will be played between Namibia and the third qualifier team. Both the teams are from group A. They will be playing their match in the Kardinia Park Stadium at 4 p.m.
- The T20 World Cup 2022 sixth match will be played between Sri Lanka and the 2nd qualifier team. They will play the night match at 8 p.m.
- The ninth match of the T20 World Cup 2022 will be played between Sri Lanka and the 3rd qualifier team. The qualified team will be selected as a result of the high points on the T20 World Cup 2022 points table. It will be the match that will occur at 4 p.m.
- The 10th T20 World Cup 2022 match will be played between Namibia and the 2nd qualifier team. The 2nd qualifier team will be the team that will appear on the second number on the T20 World Cup 2022 qualifier round points table. This will be a night match that will be played at 8 p.m.