INDIA: On Monday, the BCCI unveiled the India team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. The competition is slated to begin the following month. The competition will begin on October 16 with the qualification games. The T20 World Cup final will be on November 13, 2022. There will be a total of 45 games played throughout the competition.
Australia will host this year’s World Cup Championship. The T20 World Cup 2022 will get off on October 23, with Pakistan taking against India at Melbourne Cricket Ground. With teams like Pakistan, South Africa, and Bangladesh, India is placed in group 2.
India Squad
Rohit Sharma (C), KL Rahul (VC), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, R Pant (WK), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Y Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, B Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh
Reserve players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar
Teams in Group 1 and Group 2
On the other hand, Teams like Afghanistan, England, Australia, and New Zealand are in group 1. After the qualifying round, two additional teams will form separate groups. Teams including Sri Lanka, Namibia, the UAE, the Netherlands, the West Indies, Scotland, Zimbabwe, and Ireland are included in the qualifying round.
Sri Lanka, Namibia, UAE, and the Netherlands are in group A for the qualification round. Group B consists of the West Indies, Scotland, Zimbabwe, and Ireland. Following the qualification stage, the top two teams from each group will move on to the super 12 round.
The tournament’s defending champion Australia won the first T20 World Cup last year after defeating New Zealand by seven wickets.
India just performed poorly at Asia Cup 2022, failing to advance to the finals. The team led by Rohit Sharma was eliminated from the competition after losing back-to-back games to Sri Lanka and Pakistan in the super four stages.
Eventually, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022 championship match and won the title. India will play a T20I series against Australia and South Africa before the ICC T20 World Cup in 2022.
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