Hello and welcome to all the readers.
The T20 world cup is currently played in Australia. The qualification round started on 16th October 2022. Two groups of 4 teams each. The top 2 from both groups qualified and join the main event super12.
source - https://www.t20worldcup.com/standings
source - https://www.t20worldcup.com/standings
Srilanka, Netherlands, Zimbabwe and Ireland qualified.
The Super12 is divided into 2 groups of 6 teams each.
source - https://www.t20worldcup.com/standings
source - https://www.t20worldcup.com/standings
Well, so far 4 matches have been played
Matches played on 22/10/2022
Match 1 - New Zealand v/s Australia
New Zealand win the match 89 runs. A mellow start by the host Australia
Match 2 - Afghanistan v/s England.
England win by 5 wickets (11 balls to spare). A good bowling and fielding display by england. Though they did struggle while chasing a very low total.
Afghanistan on the other hand need to work on their batting.
Matches played today - 23/10/2022
Match 3 - Ireland v/s Srilanka
Srilanka win by 9 wickets (with 30 balls remaining). A good overall display of batting and bowling by srilanka.
Match 4 - India v/s Pakistan
India win by 4 wickets.
This has been one of the thrilling match so far. Pakistan set a total of 159/8 in 20 overs. India did not start well, they lost 4 wickets in powerplay. By end of 10 overs, India managed 45 runs.
But the fight was not over. Virat (King) Kohli and Hardik Pandya put on a 100+ partnership. India needed 45 runs of last 3 overs. And well it was Virat (King) Kohli who scored most of the runs.
A thrilling match and one of the best knocks by Virat (King) Kohli well supported by Hardik Pandya
source - https://www.t20worldcup.com
Question - Who do you think will win the tournament?
Please do comment below...
thank you for reading my post.
Have a nice day.
Farhad
[imfarhad]
Posted using SportsTalkSocial