Initiated in 2007, the ICC Twenty20 World Cup is the international championship tournament for Twenty20 cricket. The 2010 qualifier round was held on the 9th to the 13th of February this year at the United Arab Emirates. Of the eight teams competing, Afghanistan and Ireland qualified to play in the 2010 Twenty20 Cricket World Cup to be played in Mohali, the West Indies. They moved on beyond the teams from Canada, Kenya, Netherlands, Scotland, the UAE and the United States. With eight teams in competition it was the largest qualifying tournament to date for the Twenty20 World Cup Championship.

The Twenty20 World Cup is set to replace the cancelled Champions Trophy and will take place between April 23rd and May the 9th. The Twenty20 World Cup is designed to be played every other year but was decided that by resetting the calendar by playing two years running, that there would be less of a chance to conflict schedules between major tournaments as happened in the 2002-03 and 2006-07 seasons.

The Twenty20 Cricket World Cup is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and is exclusively for all-male cricket teams. The Twenty20 format is a faster game than average, involving two teams with a single innings and a maximum of 20 overs. First introduced in 2003, the Twenty20 format creates a game that on average is about three and a half hours long. This fast paced format has quickly spread throughout the world. Now most international tours feature at least one Twenty20 match.