The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is the World Championship for Cricket in the Twenty20 format. There are 12 teams competing in the Group Stages. The first two placed teams from each of the four groups (Group A to D) will move on to the Super Eights. Each team plays three games against teams they have not already played. (Teams divided into Group E and Group F). Fixtures are predetermined and have no connection to who finished first and second in the group. No points are carried forward from group stages. Top two teams in Groups E and F qualify for semi-finals.
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Zaheer and Rohit set up another easy victory for India to top Group A
June 10, 2009
India cruised away to an eight-wicket victory against Ireland with another strong first wicket partnership in their last Group A match at Nottingham. Gambhir, 37 and Rohit Sharma, 52 took India off to a solid start scoring 77 runs in 65 balls. Ireland could only put 112 runs on board as Zaheer khan took 4 wickets for just 19 runs in his rain-shortened quota of 3 overs. He was named the Man of the Match.
2009 ICC World Twenty20 Match 12: IND vs IRE, Group A, June 10: India 113/8 (Rohit 52*, Gambhir
37) beat Ireland 112/8 (Zaheer 4-19, Ojha 2-18) by eight wickets
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is the World Championship for Cricket in the Twenty20 format. There are 12 teams competing in the Group Stages. The first two placed teams from each of the four groups (Group A to D) will move on to the Super Eights. Each team plays three games against teams they have not already played. (Teams divided into Group E and Group F). Fixtures are predetermined and have no connection to who finished first and second in the group. No points are carried forward from group stages. Top two teams in Groups E and F qualify for semi-finals.
India cruised away to an eight-wicket victory against Ireland with another strong first wicket partnership in their last Group A match at Nottingham. Gambhir, 37 and Rohit Sharma, 52 took India off to a solid start scoring 77 runs in 65 balls. 
