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==Hosts== {{Location map+|India|width=350|float=right|caption=Venues in India |places= {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=22|lat_min=33|lon_deg=88|lon_min=20|position=left |label=[[Kolkata|Calcutta]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=28|lat_min=38|lon_deg=77|lon_min=14|position=left |label=[[Delhi]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=23|lat_min=05|lon_deg=72|lon_min=35|position=top |label=[[Ahmedabad]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=13|lat_min=03|lon_deg=80|lon_min=16|position=right |label=[[Chennai|Madras]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=30|lat_min=41|lon_deg=76|lon_min=44|position=left |label=[[Mohali]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=21|lat_min=09|lon_deg=79|lon_min=04|position=right |label=[[Nagpore]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=12|lat_min=97|lon_deg=77|lon_min=35|position=left |label=[[Bangalore]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=18|lat_min=53|lon_deg=72|lon_min=49|position=left |label=[[Bombay]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=17|lat_min=00|lon_deg=78|lon_min=50|position=left |label=[[Hyderabad]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=20|lat_min=27|lon_deg=85|lon_min=52|position=right |label=[[Cuttack]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=26|lat_min=08|lon_deg=78|lon_min=06|position=bottom|label=[[Gwalior]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=17|lat_min=42|lon_deg=83|lon_min=15|position=right |label=[[Vizag]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=25|lat_min=36|lon_deg=85|lon_min=08|position=bottom|label=[[Patna]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=18|lat_min=28|lon_deg=73|lon_min=47|position=right |label=[[Poona]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=26|lat_min=54|lon_deg=75|lon_min=48|position=left |label=[[Jaipur]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=26|lat_min=27|lon_deg=80|lon_min=20|position=right |label=[[Cawnpore]]}} {{Location map~|India|lat_deg=22|lat_min=18|lon_deg=73|lon_min=12|position=right |label=[[Baroda]]}} }} {{Location map+|Pakistan|width=350|float=right|caption=Venues in Pakistan|places= {{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=34|lat_min=01|lon_deg=71|lon_min=35|position=left |label=[[Peshawar]]}} {{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=31|lat_min=33|lon_deg=74|lon_min=20|position=bottom|label=[[Lahore]]}} {{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=31|lat_min=22|lon_deg=73|lon_min=5|position=left |label=[[Faisalabad]]}} {{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=32|lat_min=09|lon_deg=74|lon_min=11|position=right |label=[[Gujranwala]]}} {{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=24|lat_min=51|lon_deg=67|lon_min=00|position=left |label=[[Karachi]]}} {{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=33|lat_min=36|lon_deg=73|lon_min=02|position=right |label=[[Rawalpindi]]}} }} {{Location map+|Sri Lanka|width=150|float=right|caption=Venues in Sri Lanka|places= {{Location map~|Sri Lanka|lat_deg=06|lat_min=56|lon_deg=79|lon_min=52|position=bottom|label=[[Colombo]]}} {{Location map~|Sri Lanka|lat_deg=07|lat_min=17|lon_deg=80|lon_min=38|position=left |label=[[Kandy]]}} }} The competition was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17 matches at 17 venues, Pakistan hosted 16 matches at six venues and four matches were played at three Sri Lankan venues [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the [[Colombo Central Bank bombing|bombing of Central Bank in Colombo]] by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]] in January 1996. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] would be awarded both games on forfeit. As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the quarter-finals before playing a game. ===India=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Venues ! Cities !! Capacity !! Matches |- |[[Eden Gardens]] |[[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]] |align="center"|120,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Green Park Stadium|Green Park]] |[[Kanpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] |align="center"|45,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Punjab Cricket Association Stadium]] |[[Mohali]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] |align="center"|40,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]] |[[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] |align="center"|55,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]] |[[Chennai|Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]] |align="center"|50,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]] |[[Hyderabad (India)|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]] |align="center"|30,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Barabati Stadium]] |[[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]] |align="center"|25,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Roop Singh Stadium]] |[[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] |align="center"|55,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Indira Priyadarshini Stadium]] |[[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] |align="center"|25,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Moin-ul-Haq Stadium]] |[[Patna]], [[Bihar]] |align="center"|25,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Nehru Stadium, Pune|Nehru Stadium]] |[[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]] |align="center"|25,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Wankhede Stadium]] |[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]] |align="center"|45,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Sardar Patel Stadium]] |[[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]] |align="center"|48,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[IPCL Sports Complex Ground]] |[[Vadodara]], [[Gujarat]] |align="center"|20,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]] |[[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]] |align="center"|30,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Vidarbha C.A. Ground]] |[[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]] |align="center"|40,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]] |[[Delhi]], [[New Delhi]] |align="center"|48,000 |align="center"|1 |} ===Pakistan=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Venues ! Cities !! Capacity !! Matches |- |[[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]] |[[Karachi]], [[Sindh]] |align="center"|34,000 |align="center"|3 |- |[[Gaddafi Stadium]] |[[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] |align="center"|62,000 |align="center"|4 |- |[[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]] |[[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] |align="center"|25,000 |align="center"|3 |- |[[Arbab Niaz Stadium]] |[[Peshawar]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] |align="center"|20,000 |align="center"|2 |- |[[Iqbal Stadium]] |[[Faisalabad]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] |align="center"|18,000 |align="center"|3 |- |[[Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala|Jinnah Stadium]] |[[Gujranwala]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] |align="center"|20,000 |align="center"|1 |} ===Sri Lanka=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Venues ! Cities !! Capacity !! Matches |- |[[R. Premadasa Stadium]] |[[Colombo]] |align="center"|14,000 |align="center"|0* |- |[[Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground]] |[[Colombo]] |align="center"|10,000 |align="center"|1 |- |[[Asgiriya Stadium]] |[[Kandy]] |align="center"|10,300 |align="center"|1 |} * Two matches were scheduled to be played at Premadasa Stadium, but neither took place as Australia and the West Indies declined to play in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lankan lions roar β 1996 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-lankan-lions-roar-1996-130537 |access-date=2022-03-10 |work=ESPNcricinfo }}</ref>
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