Two of cricket’s fiercest rivalries and one of its oldest will be renewed in the Twenty20 World Cup that starts Saturday with the co-host U.S. team taking on Canada. Those two countries met in the first international cricket match in 1844. England vs. Australia and India vs. Pakistan are also hot contests in the group stage.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Shreyas Iyer , left, with teammate Venkatesh Iyer celebrate after wining against Sunrisers Hyderabad during the Indian Premier League cricket final match in Chennai, India, Sunday, May 26, 2024.FILE - England celebrate with their trophy after defeating Pakistan in the final of the T20 World Cup cricket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.
India and Pakistan are favorites to make it to the Super 8 stage from Group A, which also includes Ireland.such as captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, perhaps playing for the last time in a T20 World Cup, to win back the title it won at the inaugural tournament in South Africa in 2007. England goes into World Cup with only handful of games in the format since winning the title in Australia in 2022, but its players have competed in prominent domestic T20 leagues to stay tuned up for the mega event.
Oman carries a mix of tournament experience in its ranks heading into a third appearance in the T20 World Cup. Oman has twice beaten Namibia and will be led by Aqib Ilyas, who as a top-order batter has an average of 42.50 and a strike rate of 158.38 in the last seven games.It could be the toughest of the groups with one of either West Indies, New Zealand or Afghanistan set to make an early exit from the tournament because only the top two can advance to the Super 8.
Uganda could spring a surprise as it goes into its first World Cup with a record record of 41 wins in its last 49 T20 internationals. Papua New Guinea is also on a roll of 14 wins in 18 games ahead of its second World Cup appearance.South Africa will be hoping to shrug off its ‘chokers’ tag in ICC tournaments and is one of the favorites to advance from a group that contains two other test nations in Sri Lanka with Bangladesh. Netherlands and Nepal are also in the group.
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