All about T 20 World Cup, 2022 – News for our cricket Fans

One must wonder why this world cup format started and how? Here are the answers.

This T-20 format has a long history of emergence. As once The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was played from 1972 to 2002, and it was one of cricket’s longest sponsorship deals.

The first official Twenty20 matches were played on June 13, 2003, between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup, and the very first season of Twenty20 in England was a huge success. The first Twenty20 match held at Lord’s, on July 15, 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey, captivated a crowd of 27,509, the largest crowd for any county cricket game at the ground other than a one-day final since 1953.

After the Benson & Hedges Cup playoff ended in 2002, the ECB wanted to have a replacement for this one-day competition. In response to dwindling crowds and reduced sponsorship, cricket officials sought to increase the game’s popularity among the younger generation. It was designed to make fast-paced, exciting, jaw dropping cricket available to thousands of fans who had been put off by longer versions of the game that is 50-50. In 2001, Stuart Robertson, the ECB’s marketing manager, proposed a 20-over-per-innings game to county chairmen, who voted 11-7 in favor of adopting the new format. For reference visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_Men%27s_T20_World_Cup

How does our Present evolved ICC T 20 Games look like ;

ICC T 20 Men World Cup, the Eight Edition has already begun in Australia on 17^th October, 2022 at Oman Cricket Academy Ground. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup returns this month, with16 teams competing for dominance in the game’s shortest format. The event is scheduled to finish on 14 November in Dubai.

Australia won the final match against New Zealand by 8 wickets and become winner of ICC T 20 World Cup first time ever competing against 12 teams. First match was won by Team India under the captaincy of MS Dhoni against Pakistan.

As per the ICC media release, 7 venues of Australia that will host the T20 World cup 2022 matches are, MCG, Sydney Cricket Ground, Kardinia Park Stadium, The Gabba, Adelaide Oval, Bellerive Oval & Perth Stadium.

Moving forward the semifinals will be hosted at SCG (Sydney cricket ground) & Adelaide Oval on 9 and 10th November 2022 while Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to host the finale of the T20 World cup 2022 on November 13, 2022.

Few interesting facts about T 20 World cup to freshen up fan’s memories: –

• Australia can become champion, being T 20 world Cup event host that would be the first such case to happen in T 20 World Cup.
• West Indies is the only team to have won T 20 world Cup 2 times in 2012 & 2016.
• The team which has reached finals of T 20 world Cup most of the time is Sri Lanka in 2009, 2012, 2014.
• The players who have reached most in all seven T 20 World Cup T 20 are Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim.
• Fastest 100 is with the name of West Indies opener Chris Gayle in 48 balls against England 2016.
• Fastest 50 is with Yuvraj Singh who straight away had 6 sixes against England in 2007.
• Biggest score to run for is with Sri Lanka who scored 260/6 in 2007 against Kenya and send them all to pavilion for just 88 runs.
• Highest overall runs 1016 runs in 31 matches is with Mahela Jayawardene former Sri Lanka captain.
• Most run in one season is with former Indian Caption Virat Kohli, 319 runs in 6 matches in 2014.
• Highest wicket overall is with Captain Shakib Al Hasan 41 wickets in 31 matches.
• Most wicket in single season is with Sri Lanka Wanindu Hasaranga having 16 wickets in 8 matches.
• Lowest runs in team is with Netherlands having 39 runs against Sri Lanka in 2014.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the record for most dismissals – 32 – by a wicketkeeper.
• AB de Villiers has the record for most catches — 23 across editions.

Want to know about Prize Money, as its huge and deserved one;

• Each of the 16 competing teams will receive a portion of the $US5.6 million in prize money set aside for the tournament.
• The winners will receive $1.6 million, while the runners-up will receive $800,000. Each losing semi-finalist will receive $400,000 in prize money.
• The eight teams eliminated at the end of the Super 12 stage will each receive $70,000 in prize money. Each match a team wins in the Super 12 stage earns them $40,000 in prize money.
• The eight teams that are eliminated at the Super 12 stage will each receive $70,000 in prize money. A win in each of the 30 games in the Super 12 phase will be worth $40,000, as it was last year at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021

Facts about T 20 world Cup 2022;

• The eight teams that made it directly to the Super 12 phase are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa.
• The other eight teams – Namibia, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, UAE in Group A and West Indies, Scotland, Ireland and Zimbabwe in Group B.
• In qualifier match Namibia defeated Sri Lanka and in second match Scotland defeated west Indies.
• Teams which could qualify Top 4 and can eventually win the T 20 World Cup as per fans are Team India, Pakistan, Australia, England, predicted when the game started.
• Given the past factors of playing in home town, experts were predicting Australia could have won T 20 World Cup, 2022 or Team India who players are in form and are ready to prove critics wrong. But now there are high chances for Team India to be winning this 2022 world cup.
• Tickets were for sale and available via the official T20 World Cup website. Tickets for a group stage game begin from as low as AU$5 for a kid’s ticket and AU$20 for an adult’s ticket. For the final, kids can get in for AU$20, whilst adults will have to pay a minimum of AU$125.
• The tournament has a COVID-19 refund policy, fans are eligible for a 100% refund if a match is re-scheduled, relocated or cancelled.
• Viewers from India and other sub-continent nations can catch the action live on Star Sports.
• On 23rd October India – Pakistan match India won against Pakistan making 160/6.
• India, Pakistan, New Zealand, and England qualified for the final four.
• Pakistan entered Final 4 when South Africa lost to Netherlands. Pakistan journey is showing similarity in between the1992 and 2022 campaigns.
• From Group 1 New Zealand, England and Group 2 India and Pakistan has entered T 20 World Cup Semi Finals.
• November 9, Wednesday: Semi-final 1: New Zealand vs Pakistan – 1:30 PM IST
• November 10, Thursday: Semi-final 2: India vs England – 1:30 PM IST

Let’s find ICC Men’s T20 Team Ranking: –

No	Team/Country	Points	Matches
1	India	268	55
2	England	263	42
3	Pakistan	259	48
4	South Africa	258	37
5	New Zealand	253	43
6	Australia	251	42
7	West Indies	239	48
8	Sri Lanka	237	42
9	Bangladesh	222	46
10	Afghanistan	219	27
11	Zimbabwe	194	39
12	Ireland	187	47

Here I have the list of T20 World Cup Winners, Runner Up, Top Run Scorer, Player of the series, Highest Wicket Taker just for the fans;

Year	Winners	Runners Up	Player of the Series	Top Run Scorer	Highest Wicket Taker	Venue
2022	—	—	—	—	—	Australia
2021	Australia	New Zealand	—	Babar Azam	Wanindu Hasaranga	Oman & UAE
2016	West Indies	England	Virat Kohli	Tamim Iqbal	Mohammad Nabi	India
2014	Sri Lanka	India	Virat Kohli	Virat Kohli	Ahsan Malik and Imran Tahir	Bangladesh
2012	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Shane Watson	Shane Watson	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka
2010	England	Australia	Kevin Pietersen	Mahela Jayawardene	Dirk Nannes	West Indies
2009	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Umar Gul	England
2007	India	Pakistan	Shahid Afridi	Matthew Hayden	Umar Gul	South Africa

After 2021, fans excitements are on peak for 2022 ICC T 20 matches to support their favorite team and player. Continue To Be A Crazy Fan, Now There Is No Going Back…!! As the game is On…