The Vitality T20 Blast 2021 is all set to begin from June 9 as the 18 counties of England and Wales prepare to battle it out for the title.
The league stages have been divided into two divisions – the North Group and the South Group.
North Group includes Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire, Durham, Worcestershire and Leicestershire.
The South Group features Gloucestershire, Essex, Middlesex, Somerset, Sussex, Glamorgan, Kent, Hampshire and Surrey.
A total of 133 T20 matches will be played with the Vitality T20 Blast 2021 final scheduled to be held at Edgbaston on September 18.
Nottinghamshire are the defending champions of the tournament after they defeated Surrey in last season’s final.
Leicestershire Foxes is the most successful team in the history of T20 Blast with three titles.
Vitality T20 Blast 2021 teams and squads
Durham: Scott Borthwick (captain), Alex Lees, Graham Clark, Jack Burnham, Michael Jones, Sean Dickson, Will Young, Alex Thomson, Ben Raine, Ben Stokes, Cameron Steel, Matt Salisbury, Paul Coughlin, Cameron Bancroft, David Bedingham, Stuart Poynter (wicket-keeper), Brydon Carse, Liam Trevaskis, Mark Wood, Matty Potts, Ned Eckersley, Chris Rushworth, Jack Campbell, Oliver Gibson
Birmingham Bears (Warwickshire): Will Rhodes (captain), Adam Hose, Dom Sibley, Dan Mousley, Ed Pollock, Hanuma Vihari, Pieter Malan, Robert Yates, Sam Hain, Alex Thomson, Chris Woakes, Jacob Bethell, Matthew Lamb, Tim Bresnan, Michael Burgess (wicket-keeper), Craig Miles, Danny Briggs, Ethan Brookes, George Furrer, George Garrett, Henry Brookes, Jake Lintott, Liam Norwell, Manraj Johal, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Olly Stone, Ryan Sidebottom
Derbyshire Falcons: Alex Hughes (captain), Billy Godleman, Luis Reece, Wayne Madsen, Leus du Plooy, Matthew Critchley, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Matt McKiernan, Brooke Guest (wicket-keeper), Michael Cohen, Samuel Conners, Thomas Wood, Anuj Dal, Nils Priestley, Ben McDermott, Nick Hotslake
Lancashire Lightning: Dane Vilas (captain), Keaton Jennings, Liam Livingstone, Luke Wells, Owais Shah, Danny Lamb, Shreyas Iyer, Alex Davies (wicket-keeper), Steven Croft, Josh Bohannon, Rob Jones, Danny Lamb, Tom Hartley, Tom Bailey, Liam Hurt, Finn Allen, Jos Buttler, George Balderson, George Lavelle, Edwin Moulton, George Burrows, Jack Blatherwick, Jack Morley, James Anderson, Jackson Bird, Matt Parkinson, Richard Gleeson, Saqib Mahmood
Leicestershire Foxes: Colin Ackermann (captain), George Rhodes, Hassan Azad, Harry Dearden, Marcus Harris, Nick Welch, Rishi Patel, Sam Evans, Aaron Lilley, Ben Mike, Scott Steel, Harry Swindells (wicket-keeper), Lewis Hill, Sam Bates, Alex Evans, Callum Parkinson, Chris Wright, Dieter Klein, Ed Barnes, Gavin Griffiths, Nathan Bowley, Will Davis
Northants Steelbacks (Northamptonshire): Joshua Cobb (captain), Richard Levi, Adam Rossington (wicket-keeper), Alex Wakely, Saif Zaib, Graeme White, Ben Sanderson, Nathan Buck, Brandon Glover, Ben Curran, Charlie Thurston, Emilio Gay, Gareth Berg, Luke Procter, Rob Keogh, Tom Taylor, Ricardo Vasconcelos, Curtley-Jack White, Graeme White, Simon Karrigon, Wayne Parnell
Notts Outlaws (Nottinghamshire): Steven Mullaney (captain), Alex Hales, Joe Clarke, Ben Duckett, Tom Moores (wicket-keeper), Daniel Christian, Samit Patel, Luke Fletcher, Jake Ball, Zak Chappell, Tom Barber, Toby Pettman, Stuart Broad, Matthew Carter, Liam Patterson-White, Harry Gurney, Dane Patterson, Brett Hutton, Haseeb Hameed, Sol Budinger, Ben Compton, Ben Slater, Dane Schadendorf, Peter Trego, Lyndon James, Joey Evison
Worcestershire Rapids: Joe Leach (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Jack Haynes, Joshua Dell, Mitchell Stanley, Riki Wessels, Ross Whiteley, Tom Fell, Brett D’Oliveira, Moeen Ali, Alex Milton (wicket-keeper), Ben Cox, Gareth Roderick, Adam Finch, Alzarri Joseph, Charlie Morris, Dillon Pennington, Ed Barnard, Josh Tongue, Pat Brown
Yorkshire Vikings: Steven Patterson (captain), Adam Lyth, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Will Fraine, Jonathan Tattersall (wicket-keeper), Jordan Thompson, Matthew Fisher, Josh Sullivan, Jack Shutt, Duanne Olivier, Dominic Leech, Dom Bess, Ben Coad, Adil Rashid, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Duke, Ben Birkhead, George Hill, Mathew Pillans, Josh Poysden, Dawid Malan, Gary Ballance, James Wharton, Matthew Revis, Tom Loten, David Willey, Matthew Waite,
Essex Eagles: Tom Westley (captain), Cameron Delport, Varun Chopra, Daniel Lawrence, Ryan ten Doeschate, Adam Wheater (wicket-keeper), Paul Walter, Simon Harmer, Shane Snater, Aaron Beard, Feroze Khushi, Nick Browne, Sir Alastair Cook, Michael Pepper, William Buttleman, Adam Zampa, Aron Nijjar, Ben Allison, Jack Plom, Sam Cook, Peter Siddle, Jamie Porter
Glamorgan: Chris Cooke (captain/wicket-keeper), Kiran Carlson, Callum Taylor, Andrew Balbirnie, Billy Root, Daniel Douthwaite, Andrew Salter, Timm van der Gugten, Prem Sisodiya, Colin Ingram, Marnus Labuschagne, Nicholas Selman, David Lloyd, Michael Neser, Joe Cooke, Roman Walker, Ruaidhri Smith, Michael Hogan, Kames Weighell, Jamie Mcllroy, Alex Horton
Gloucestershire: Chris Dent (captain), Miles Hammond, Ian Cockbain, Ryan Higgins, James Bracey (wicket-keeper), Jack Taylor, George Scott, Graeme van Buuren, Tom Smith, David Payne, Matt Taylor, George Hankins, Kraigg Brathwaite, Tom Price, Benny Howell, Olivier Price, Tom Lace, Daniel Worrall, Harry Hankins, Jared Warner, Josh Shaw
Hampshire: James Vince (captain), Tom Alsop, Sam Northeast, Lewis McManus (wicket-keeper), James Fuller, Ian Holland, Scott Currie, Ajeet Dale, Brad Wheal, Kyle Abbott, Mason Crane, Chris Wood, Ryan Stevenson, Mohammad Abbas, Keith Barker, Liam Dawson, Aneurin Donald, Felix Organ, Joe Weatherley, D’Arcy Short
Kent Spitfires: Daniel Bell-Drummond (captain), Zak Crawley, Oliver Robinson (wicket-keeper), Jack Leaning, Alex Blake, Jordan Cox, Grant Stewart, Matt Milnes, Imran Qayyum, Fred Klaassen, Joe Denly, Tawanda Muyeye, Darren Stevens, Miguel Cummins, Mohammad Amir, Nathan Gilcrhsit, Qais Ahmad, Tim Groenewald, Matthew Quinn, Harry Podmote, Heino Kuhn, Ollie Robinson, Sam Billings, Hamidullah Qadri
Middlesex: Steven Finn (captain), Max Holden, Stephen Eskinazi, Martin Andersson, Nick Gubbins, John Simpson (wicket-keeper), James Harris, Tom Helm, Nathan Sowter, Eoin Morgan, Joshua De Caires, Sam Robson, Luke Hollman, Mitchell Marsh, Paul Stirling, Jack Davies, Joe Cracknell, Peter Handscomb, Robbie White, Blake Cullen, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Thilan Walallawita, Tim Murtagh, Toby Roland-Jones
Somerset: Tom Abell (captain), Steven Davies (wicket-keeper), Devon Conway, Will Smeed, Lewis Goldsworthy, Lewis Gregory, Tom Lammonby, Craig Overton, Roelof van der Merwe, Ollie Sale, Max Waller, Merchant de Lange, Josh Davey, Jack Leach, Jack Brooks, Ned Leonard, Kasey Aldridge, Ben Green, Eddie Byrom, James Hildreth, Sam Young, Tom Banton
Surrey: Rory Burns (captain), Will Jacks, Hashim Amla, Ben Foakes (wicket-keeper), Jamie Smith, Rikki Clarke, Jamie Overton, Liam Plunkett, Gus Atkinson, Daniel Moriarty, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Sean Abbott, Nicholas Kimber, Matt Dunn, Kemar Roach, James Taylor, Jade Dernbach, Gareth Batty, Conor McKerr, Ollie Pope, Sam Curran, Nico Reifer, Ben Geddes, Laurie Evans, Jason Roy, Mark Stoneman, Ryan Patel, Jordan Clark, Amar Virdi
Sussex Sharks: Luke Wright (captain), Philip Salt (wicket-keeper), Calum Macleod, Delray Rawlins, David Wiese, Ravi Bopara, Aaron Thomason, George Garton, Ollie Robinson, Will Beer, Danny Briggs, Ben Brown, Henry Crocombe, Mitchell Claydon, Stuart Meaker, Tymal Mills
Vitality T20 Blast 2021 schedule, fixtures and live India match times
All timings are in Indian Standard Time (IST)
Wednesday, June 9
Lancashire Lightning vs Derbyshire - 7:00 PM IST
Worcestershire Rapids vs Nottinghamshire - 10:00 PM IST
Somerset vs Essex - 11:00 PM IST
Kent Spitfires vs Hampshire - 11:30 PM IST
Thursday, June 10
Yorkshire Vikings v Warwickshire - 11:00 PM IST
Lancashire Lightning v Leicestershire Foxes - 11:00 PM IST
Glamorgan v Gloucestershire - 11:00 PM IST
Middlesex v Surrey - 11:30 PM IST
Friday, June 11
Gloucestershire vs Sussex Sharks - 11:00 PM IST
Notts Outlaws vs Warwickshire -11:00 PM IST
Leicestershire Foxes vs Derbyshire - 11:00 PM IST
Durham vs Yorkshire Vikings - 11:00 PM IST
Somerset vs Surrey - 11:00 PM IST
Kent Spitfires vs Middlesex - 11:30 PM IST
Essex Eagles vs Hampshire -11:30 PM IST
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Worcestershire Rapids - 11:30 PM IST
Saturday, June 12
Sussex Sharks vs Hampshire - 11:30 PM IST
Sunday, June 13
Kent Spitfires vs Gloucestershire - 7:00 PM IST
Worcestershire Rapids vs Lancashire Lightning - 7:00 PM IST
Glamorgan vs Essex Eagles - 7:00 PM IST
Derbyshire vs Warwickshire - 7:00 PM IST
Leicestershire Foxes vs Durham - 7:00 PM IST
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Notts Outlaws - 8:45 PM IST
Monday, June 14
Surrey vs Glamorgan - 11:00 PM IST
Tuesday, June 15
Yorkshire Vikings vs Leicestershire Foxes - 11:00 PM IST
Durham vs Notts Outlaws - 11:00 PM IST
Middlesex vs Hampshire - 10:00 PM IST
Essex Eagles vs Sussex Sharks - 11:00 PM IST
Somerset vs Kent Spitfires - 11:00 PM IST
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Warwickshire - 11:00 PM IST
Derbyshire vs Lancashire Lightning - 11:00 PM IST
Wednesday, June 16
Worcestershire Rapids vs Yorkshire Vikings - 11:00 PM IST
Glamorgan vs Kent Spitfires - 11:00 PM IST
Leicestershire Foxes vs Warwickshire - 11:00 PM IST
Thursday, June 17
Durham vs Lancashire Lightning - 11:00 PM IST
Surrey vs Sussex Sharks - 11:00 PM IST
Middlesex vs Gloucestershire - 11:00 PM IST
Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks - 11:00 PM IST
Friday, June 18
Warwickshire vs Lancashire Lightning - 11:00 PM IST
Yorkshire Vikings vs Durham - 11:00 PM IST
Surrey vs Hampshire - 11:00 PM IST
Worcestershire Rapids vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks - 10:00 PM IST
Glamorgan vs Middlesex - 11:00 PM IST
Sussex Sharks vs Somerset - 11:30 PM IST
Essex Eagles vs Gloucestershire - 11:30 PM IST
Notts Outlaws vs Derbyshire - 10:30 PM IST
Saturday, June 19
Somerset vs Glamorgan - 11:30 PM IST
Sunday, June 20
Gloucestershire vs Hampshire - 7:00 PM IST
Kent Spitfires vs Essex Eagles - 7:00 PM IST
Yorkshire Vikings vs Derbyshire - 7:00 PM IST
Durham vs Warwickshire - 7:00 PM IST
Lancashire Lightning vs Notts Outlaws - 7:00 PM IST
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Leicestershire Foxes - 7:00 PM IST
Monday, June 21
Surrey vs Essex Eagles - 11:00 PM IST
Tuesday, June 22
Gloucestershire vs Kent Spitfires - 11:00 PM IST
Sussex Sharks vs Glamorgan - 11:30 PM IST
Derbyshire vs Leicestershire Foxes - 11:30 PM IST
Notts Outlaws vs Worcestershire Rapids - 10:30 PM IST
Wednesday, June 23
Yorkshire Vikings vs Worcestershire Rapids, 11:00 PM IST
Durham vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks, 11:00 PM IST
Surrey vs Somerset, 11:00 PM IST
Thursday, June 24
Warwickshire vs Derbyshire - 11:00 PM IST
Gloucestershire vs Glamorgan - 11:00 PM IST
Middlesex vs Essex Eagles - 10:45 PM IST
Friday, June 25
Surrey vs Middlesex - 11:00 PM IST
Worcestershire Rapids vs Durham - 10:00 PM IST
Sussex Sharks vs Gloucestershire - 11:00 PM IST
Essex Eagles vs Kent Spitfires - 11:00 PM IST
Somerset vs Hampshire - 11:00 PM IST
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Lancashire Lightning - 11:00 PM IST
Derbyshire vs Notts Outlaws - 11:30 PM IST
Leicestershire Foxes vs Yorkshire Vikings - 11:30 PM IST
Saturday, June 26
Warwickshire vs Durham - 7:00 PM IST
Yorkshire Vikings vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks - 11:00 PM IST
Notts Outlaws vs Lancashire Lightning - 7:30 PM IST
Sunday, June 27
Worcestershire Rapids vs Leicestershire Foxes - 7:00 PM IST
Middlesex vs Glamorgan - 7:00 PM IST
Sussex Sharks vs Surrey - 7:00 PM IST
Monday, June 28
Hampshire vs Middlesex - 11:00 PM IST
Kent Spitfires vs Somerset - 11:30 PM IST
Tuesday, June 29
Glamorgan vs Surrey - 11:00 PM IST
Sussex Sharks vs Kent Spitfires - 11:30 PM IST
Essex Eagles vs Somerset - 11:30 PM IST
Leicestershire Foxes vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks - 11:00 PM IST
Wednesday, June 30
Hampshire vs Surrey - 11:30 PM IST
Warwickshire vs Yorkshire Vikings - 11:00 PM IST
Northamptonshire Steelbacks v Durham - 11:00 PM IST
Thursday, July 1
Gloucestershire vs Somerset - 11:00 PM IST
Lancashire Lightning vs Worcestershire Rapids - 11:00 PM IST
Middlesex vs Sussex Sharks - 10:45 PM IST
Essex Eagles vs Glamorgan - 11:30 PM IST
Notts Outlaws vs Leicestershire Foxes - 11:00 PM IST
Friday, July 2
Hampshire vs Gloucestershire - 11:30 PM IST
Kent Spitfires vs Surrey - 11:30 PM IST
Warwickshire vs Notts Outlaws - 11:00 PM IST
Yorkshire Vikings vs Lancashire Lightning - 11:00 PM IST
Durham vs Leicestershire Foxes - 11:00 PM IST
Glamorgan vs Sussex Sharks - 11:00 PM IST
Somerset vs Middlesex - 11:00 PM IST
Derbyshire vs Worcestershire Rapids, 11:30 PM
Friday, July 9
Hampshire vs Somerset - 11:30 PM IST
Gloucestershire vs Middlesex - 7:00 PM IST
Lancashire Lightning vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks - 11:00 PM IST
Durham vs Derbyshire - 11:00 PM IST
Surrey vs Kent Spitfires - 11:00 PM IST
Worcestershire Rapids vs Warwickshire - 10:00 PM IST
Sussex Sharks vs Essex Eagles - 11:30 PM IST
Notts Outlaws vs Yorkshire Vikings - 11:00 PM IST
Friday, July 16
Hampshire vs Essex Eagles - 6:30 PM IST
Hampshire vs Sussex Sharks - 11:30 PM IST
Gloucestershire vs Surrey - 7:00 PM IST
Warwickshire vs Worcestershire Rapids - 11:00 PM IST
Lancashire Lightning vs Durham - 11:00 PM IST
Middlesex vs Kent Spitfires - 10:45 PM IST
Glamorgan vs Somerset - 11:00 PM IST
Northamptonshire Steelbacks vs Derbyshire - 11:00 PM IST
Leicestershire Foxes vs Notts Outlaws - 11:00 PM IST
Saturday, July 17
Lancashire Lightning vs Yorkshire Vikings - 11:30 PM IST
Sunday, July 18
Hampshire vs Glamorgan - 7:00 PM IST
Kent Spitfires vs Sussex Sharks - 7:00 PM IST
Derbyshire vs Yorkshire Vikings - 7:00 PM IST
Warwickshire vs Northamptonshire Steelbacks - 7:00 PM IST
Essex Eagles vs Middlesex - 7:00 PM IST
Somerset vs Gloucestershire - 7:00 PM IST
Notts Outlaws vs Durham - 7:00 PM IST
Leicestershire Foxes vs Worcestershire Rapids - 7:00 PM IST
Tuesday, August 24
Quarter-final 1 - 11:00 PM IST
Wednesday, August 25
Quarter-final 2 - 11:00 PM IST
Thursday, August 26
Quarter-final 3 - 11:00 PM IST
Friday, August 27
Quarter-final 4- 11:00 PM IST
Saturday, September 18
Semi-final 1 - 3:30 PM IST
Semi-final 2 - 7:00 PM IST
Vitality T20 Blast 2021 final - 10:45 PM IST
Where to watch Vitality T20 Blast 2021 live in India?
Live streaming of Vitality T20 Blast in India will be available on the website or YouTube channel of the respective teams participating in the tournament. Each home team will live stream their home matches. There will be no telecast of the Vitality T20 Blast in India.
You can tune into SportsAdda for Vitality T20 Blast live scores.
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