India are favourites by a long way but England are on form approaching tournament already hit by controversy India are favourites by a long way but England are on form approaching tournament already hit by controversy I n the immortal words of Brenda from Bristol , not another one. Between 17 October 2021, the start of the tournament in the United Arab Emirates, and 8 March 2026, the date of this year’s final, four T20 World Cups will have been squeezed into four years, four months and 19 days.