As the tournament entered the business end all eyes will be on the teams who will make it to the Super 8. Like other ICC events, this edition also brought a lot of surprise elements with big teams knocked out at the Group stages. Pakistan, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka are officially eliminated, and defending champions England who were on the verge of elimination got a great escape with a win over Namibia in their Group game.
The United States of America who got the rights to host the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 made an impression straight away that no one would have ever thought and secured a place in the Super 8s after upsetting Pakistan which went till the Super over. They finished 2nd in the Group A standings with 5 points.
Afghanistan, which is called a giant killer, has already advanced to the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 with a game in hand. They started with a colossal 125-run win over Uganda and matched it up with an 84-run victory over New Zealand, the consistent team in the ICC tournaments. They extended their dream run and secured hat-tricks of wins, beating Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets. The underdogs’ tagline no longer holds them as they have already proved they can beat any side.
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How many matches are in the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 2024
ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 matches will begin on Wednesday, June 19th, and will be played on Tuesday till June 25th. Eight teams will be divided into two groups each where the top two teams from each Group will make it to the Semi-Finals. A total of 12 matches will be played in the Super 8s.
As of now(until June 15th) India, USA, Australia, Afghanistan, West Indies, and South Africa have qualified for the Super 8s. The remaining two spots are likely to be filled by Bangladesh and England.
India, Australia, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh will come in Group 1 whereas Group 2 will be formed by West Indies, South Africa, the USA, and England. North Sound, Gros Islet, Bridgetown, and Kingstown will host the entire leg of the Super 8.
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How can India qualify for Super 8?
India became the first team from Group A to Qualify for the Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 2024 after winning their first 3 matches. Their fourth and final Group game against Canada was abandoned without a single ball bowled due to bad weather conditions as a result they topped the Group A standings with 7 points.
India in their first Super 8 fixture will play against Afghanistan on June 20th at Bridgetown followed by the game against Bangladesh (almost confirmed) on June 22nd at North Sound and will conclude their Super 8 campaign against mighty Australians on June 24th at Gros Islet.
Rohit Sharma and company who had played all their Group stage fixtures in the USA will find it difficult to acclimatise to the Caribbean conditions and will play against the sides who already know the conditions better.
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Can Pakistan qualify for Super 8 of the T20 World Cup 2024?
Pakistan who arrived in the USA with a lot of ambitions to take part in the T20 World Cup 2024 has to return empty-handed to their own country. They might finish 3rd in Group A only if they beat Ireland in their final game and a no result will also give them the same position.
Who is likely to win the T20 World Cup 2024?
It’s always difficult to predict the winner of any ICC tournament, especially in this T20 World Cup 2024 with all the qualified teams for the Super 8 possessing an extraordinary level of skill set. On their day, they are always a threat to the opposition.
Going with team composition, experience, talent, current form, and ability to hold the pressure, we pick India to win the T20 World Cup 2024. Having played a lot under MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma has learned the art of handling the team well. His decision-making and field placements show how great a leader he is. Rohit Sharma was the main man behind in picking 3 spinners Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, and Yuzvendra Chahal for the T20 World Cup 2024 as Caribbean wickets are likely to be slow.
Men in Blue played their first 3 matches in unfamiliar conditions at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. They struggled to cope with the unevenness of the drop-in wickets and didn’t have the best of outings with the bat. World-class batter Virat Kohli’s rusty form tells us the story as he scored only 5 runs in 3 matches. Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav are the only batters to score half-centuries for the team in T20 World Cup 2024 however it is Rishabh Pant who tops the most run-scorers list with 96 runs.
Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya will share the honours with the ball, picking up 7 wickets each while Jasprit Bumrah is the kingpin with two Player of the Match awards.
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Who are the defending T20 World Cup Champions?
England are the defending T20 World Cup Champions who beat Pakistan in the summit clash by 5 wickets courtesy of Sam Curran’s 3-wicket haul and talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes’ unbeaten 52* runs. Nobody would have expected them to come this well after they lost their Group fixture against Ireland. That’s what champions teams do as Jos Buttler and his men rose above all the odds to clinch the T20 World Cup title for the 2nd time. They previously won the competition back in 2010 under Paul Collingwood.
Now things aren’t going smoothly for the Three Lions as they somehow managed to confirm their Super 8 qualification after beating Namibia but they need to thank Australia who beat Scotland.
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