DreamSetGo, India’s first premium bespoke sports travel and experiences platform, was on Monday named as the official Travel Agent of the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022, scheduled to be held in Australia later this year.
With this partnership, DreamSetGo will provide cricket fans from all over the world the opportunity to guarantee their place at the biennial showpiece with world-class travel and hospitality. The bouquet of packages will include official match tickets, hotel accommodation, intercity transfers, guided tours, access to bespoke events, match-day programmes and other exclusive experiences.
After adding ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022 to their portfolio, Monish Shah, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer, DreamSetGo, said: “As an Official Travel Agent of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022, we will deliver a seamless, end-to-end, and truly world-class experience to cricket fans so they can fully immerse themselves in the action and drama of the T20 showpiece across Australia.”
DreamSetGo curates end-to-end, authentic sports travel packages across cricket, tennis, motorsports, golf, football, and has recently announced exclusive partnerships with leading English football clubs, Chelsea FC and Manchester City, to become their ‘Official Indian Fan Experience Partner’ and ‘Official Football Hospitality Experiences Partner in India’ respectively.
It also offers multiple personalized experiences with sports celebrities including meet-and-greets, masterclass training sessions, signed merchandise, and virtual events tailored for high engagement.
Founded in 2019 by Monish Shah, DreamSetGo is part of Dream Sports group. Dream Sports is India’s leading sports technology company with 140 Million users, which also houses brands such as Dream11, the world’s largest fantasy sports platform, FanCode, a premier sports content & commerce platform, Dream Capital, a CVC and M&A arm, and DreamPay, a payment solutions provider.
Significantly, in the upcoming edition of the showpiece event, Team India will kick-off their campaign with a mouth-watering clash against arch-rivals Pakistan as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on January had announced the fixtures for the Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 as per which trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand will face Australia in the opening match of the Super 12 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on October 22.
In the ‘Super 12′, England, New Zealand, Australia and Afghanistan have been drawn together in Group 1, while India, Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh are placed in Group 2.
As per the schedule, the showpiece event will run between October 18 and November 13 with 16 teams set to compete and seven cities to host matches across Australia. While 12 of those 16 nations are already confirmed, the final four will be determined by Global Qualifying.
The Super 12 will run for a fortnight, with the two groups set to reach their conclusion on the weekend of November 5 and 6. In addition to Pakistan versus India and Australia versus New Zealand matches, a scattering of other fixtures stand out as likely key games in the Super 12 stage.
There will be a repeat of the 2021 semifinal between England and New Zealand when the two teams meet at The Gabba in Brisbane on November 1 in what is both teams’ penultimate group game. Also, Pakistan are scheduled to face Bangladesh in Adelaide on the final afternoon of the Super 12 stage.
The SCG will host the first semifinal on November 9, with the second semifinal to be held the following day at the Adelaide Oval. The final is scheduled for to be played at the MCG in front of a capacity 100,024 crowd.
The event will be held at seven venues. Kardinia Park in Geelong will host six matches, exclusively in the opening week’s First Round, while Bellerive Oval in Hobart will host nine games in total, six in the first round and three further matches during the opening three days of the Super 12 stage.
The remainder of the Super 12 matches will be held at the following stadiums: The Gabba (Brisbane), Perth Stadium, Adelaide Oval, Sydney Cricket Ground and Melbourne Cricket Ground.