Team India will be facing the Pakistan side once again at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The last time these two teams came face to face in the T20 World Cup it resulted in a humiliating defeat for the Men in Blue.
Being one of the best teams in the T20I format Pakistan has made its way to the knockout stages five times in the last seven editions. In 2014 and 2016 the Pakistan side fell short to do so. They are the 2009 T20 World Cup champions, which was held in England.
Team India has won the World title in the inaugural edition of the event by defeating their arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. After that India was able to reach the finals on one more occasion in the 2014 World Cup but suffered a loss against the Sri Lankan side.
As India head on to face Pakistan in their first match of the T20 World Cup 2022, let us take a look at some of the players, who could be competing in their last edition of the competition. Read on to check out who these players are.
In the third edition, which was hosted by West Indies, England won their first and only World T20 title after defeating their rivals team Australia by seven wickets. In the next two editions, England failed to get past the second group stage.
The Afghanistan cricket team has become well-settled for the twenty-over matches but still struggles against the big names. With their amazing batsmen and bowlers, they have the capability to create an upset against the cricket giants as this format of the game is known for being unpredictable.
New Zealand is one of the oldest teams to acquire the ICC Full Member status but hasn't been able to win the T20 World title. In the last edition, the Kiwi side displayed an amazing performance and played their first-ever World T20 finals, but fell short to emerge victorious against the Australians.
Heading into the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup Australia are the defending champions and will also be hosting the event. This will be their eighth staging at the competition. Australia is also one of the teams who have won all the major ICC trophies including the T20 World Cup in 2021.
This will be one of the most awaited matches in the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. As the Asia Cup results dictate, the Blue Giants will be looking forward to avenging their loss at the Super four against the Pakistan side which cost them their third consecutive Asia Cup title and eighth overall.
Sehwag has played many amazing bouts and has created multiple records in both Test and One Day International cricket. He is one of the only two players who has scored a double century in an ODI and a triple century in Test cricket. Sehwag is currently serving as a member of the anti-doping appeal panel of the National Anti-Doping Agency.
The 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be their eighth staging at the event. West Indies was one of the top 11 teams from the previous tournament and hence qualified for the eighth edition of the event. Being the ICC full member nation, they always had a spot reserved in all the previous World Cups.
Sri Lanka were off to a poor start in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 after losing to Namibia. They are the only team to play in three T20 World Cup finals but were able to emerge victorious only once in 2014, against their neighbouring county team India.
Anil Kumble made his international debut against Sri Lanka in the 1990 Austral-Asia Cup and later in the year he also made his Test debut against the England side. He became a part of the regular ODI team during the early 90s and played many amazing bouts. In 1996 he was selected for the World cup and emerged as the most successful bowler of the tournament.
The 2021 Ballon d’Or ended with Lionel Messi winning his seventh Ballon d’Or becoming the only player in history to win as many and following him is Cristiano Ronaldo with five Ballon d’Ors to his name. Ronaldo won his last Ballon d’Or in 2017.
Babar Azam is the only batsman in the world to be in the top three rankings across all three formats. He is ranked the number 01 batsman in ODIs and ranked 03 in Test and T20I. With 34 wins to his name, he is the most successful Pakistani captain in T20Is.
West Indies is the most successful team in the tournament, they have won the T20 World Cup on two occasions in 2012 and 2016. Heading into the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup the hosts Australia are the defending champions.
Gambhir played an integral part in India’s win in both the 2007 World T20 and 2011 World Cup finals. He has also played for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils, leading the former to two IPL titles.
The 2021 World Cup semi-finalists and the 2022 Asia Cup finalists will be playing their first match against their arch-rivals team India on October 23, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Check Pakistan's team's practice match schedule for T20 World Cup.
ICC has scheduled warm-up or practice matches for all the teams going into the T20 World Cup 2022. Team India before facing their arch-rivals Pakistan in the Super 12 round, will be playing two official warm-up matches. Before the official warm-up games, India face western Australia XI for a couple of unofficial practice matches as well.
Previous season after getting knocked out in the semi-finals Bengaluru Bulls will be highly motivated to aim further and will try to win the championship for the second time.
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