Worldwide cricket’s shortest and more and more standard format is again with its showpiece occasion.
The ICC Males’s T20 World Cup has kicked off in Australia, lower than a yr because the final version noticed the present hosts elevate the trophy in Dubai.
Final yr’s match – initially slated for 2020 – was swapped between Australia and India. It was later moved to the UAE and Oman because of the COVID state of affairs in India.
Australia gained their first T20 World Cup after brushing apart New Zealand in final yr’s low-intensity closing.
Format
The match is split into two components: a qualification spherical and the Tremendous 12s which are adopted by the semi-finals and closing.
The qualification spherical comprised two teams of 4 groups every. They performed one another in a spherical robin format with the goal of clinching one of many prime two spots of their group with the intention to qualify for the Tremendous 12s.
Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Eire and Zimbabwe made it by means of. West Indies, two-time for champions, had been knocked out.
The remaining eight groups within the Tremendous 12s gained automated qualification on the premise of their T20 rankings on the closing date final November.
The Tremendous 12s will see all six groups in every group compete in a spherical robin format. The highest two groups from every group will then go on to play the semi-finals on November 9 and 10. The ultimate will likely be performed on November 13 on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
West Indies in 3 back-to-back T20 World Cups:
2016 – Champions
2021 – Tremendous-12s
2022 – First spherical exit— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) October 21, 2022
Groups
Group 1: Afghanistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, Eire and Sri Lanka
Group 2: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Netherlands and Zimbabwe
How the groups line up
Defending champions Australia are ranked sixth within the rankings however will begin among the many favourites whereas enjoying at house with a squad full of power-hitters and T20 expertise.
Afghanistan, who’ve three of the perfect T20 bowlers of their lineup, will hope to enhance on their present final yr and safe a spot within the semi-finals.
England come into this match with a brand new captain however a number of outdated names making a comeback. The retirement of Eoin Morgan handed the captaincy to Jos Buttler, who will likely be completely satisfied to see all-rounder Ben Stokes and opener Alex Hales again within the facet. England gained the match in 2010 and had been runners-up in 2016.
Final yr’s dropping finalists and perennial underachievers within the closing levels of ICC tournaments, New Zealand will hope the close-to-home circumstances will assist them go one higher this time round.
Indians are the very best consumers of tickets for the T20 World Cup exterior the host nation. (Supply – TOI)
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 22, 2022
Bangladesh are led by the world’s main T20 all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan however he has not been capable of elevate the crew’s rankings and fortunes. They completed final yr’s match backside of their Super12s group and didn’t win a match within the not too long ago concluded Asia Cup.
Winners of the first-ever T20 World Cup and the top-ranked T20 facet on this planet, India have all the time discovered themselves to be pre-tournament favourites at most ICC occasions within the final twenty years. Nonetheless, they haven’t gained an ICC occasion because the 2013 Champions Trophy. They didn’t qualify for final yr’s semi-finals and the ultimate of final month’s Asia Cup.
Pakistan had been favourites for the title final yr after blazing by means of their Tremendous 12s group, till they bumped into Australia within the semi-final. With the perfect T20 opening pair main their batting and a formidable bowling assault bolstered by the return of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan will hope to repeat their historic win on the MCG 30 years in the past once they gained the 50-over World Cup.
South Africa sit fourth within the rankings and have top-of-the-line bowling assaults within the match. Their largest hurdle, although, has been their historical past at ICC occasions and their lack of means to win knock-out matches.
Lately topped Asian champions Sri Lanka needed to undergo the primary spherical of matches with the intention to qualify for the Tremendous 12s. That they had a scare early on when Namibia beat them within the first match however managed to get two wins within the remaining matches to make the reduce.
Netherlands, Eire and Zimbabwe, who had been as soon as a good pressure in worldwide cricket, full the Tremendous 12 lineup. The trio, with loads of top-level expertise, will likely be hoping to do extra than simply make up the numbers.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is prepared for India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup!
#PakVsInd #T20WC #AsiaCup2023 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/y7PHqMrZeu— Cric (@BabarShot) October 18, 2022
India vs Pakistan
The blockbuster match of the match will come on Sunday, October 23, when India and Pakistan meet within the opening match of Group 2.
The match will likely be performed in entrance of 90,000-plus followers at Australia’s largest cricket venue, the Melbourne Cricket Floor. Tickets for the match had been bought out inside minutes of occurring sale, in line with the ICC.
Pakistan will likely be driving on the arrogance of their 10-wicket win over India within the final T20 World Cup however India may have historical past on their facet as they’ve gained 9 of the 12 T20 matches between the 2.
Was doing a SWOT evaluation for T20 WC taking part groups and realised:
India don’t have a 150K+ bowler.
Pak don’t have a seasoned finisher.
NZ don’t have an incredible file in Aus.
SL don’t have an skilled squad.
England don’t have a Prime Minister. #T20worldcup22 #LizTruss— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) October 20, 2022
Prize cash
Whole: $5.6m
Winners: $1.6m
Runners-up $800,000
Dropping semi-finalists: $400,000
Tremendous 12 win: $40,000
Tremendous 12 exit: $70,000
First spherical win: $40,000
First spherical exit: $40,000
Earlier winners
2007 – India
2009 – Pakistan
2010 – England
2012 – West Indies
2014 – Sri Lanka
2016 – West Indies
2021 – Australia