The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 will be the 5th ICC World Twenty20 Competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that is scheduled to take place in Banglades from March 16- April 06,2014
It will be second and consecutive time that an Asian country will host this event, as Sri Lanka hosted the preivous tournament in 2012
2014 World Twenty20 format
Group A: Bangladesh, Nepal, Hong Kong, AfghanistanGroup B: Ireland, Zimbabwe, Netherlands, UAE
Super 10 stage
Group 1: Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Group B winners
Group 2: West Indies, India, Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh
Details of Previous Winners
ICC World Twenty20 finals
2012: West Indies Beats Sri Lanka by 36 Runs2010:England Beats Australia by 7 Wickets
2009:Pakistan Beats Sri Lanka by 8 Wickets
2007:India Beats Pakistan by 5 Runs
India won the inaugural edition in 2007, followed by Pakistan (2009), England (2010) and West Indies (2012).
Logo
On April 06,2013,ICC unveiled the logo of the tournament at a gala event in Dhaka,Bangladesh
The overall look of the logo design is primarily inspired by the unique Bangladesh tuktuk decoration art style
The logo uses the colours of the Bangladesh Flag with splashes of blue representing the country's rivers (also as being the ICC's own colour)
The logo is also inspired by the Rickshaws, the The T is made up of Cricket Stumps and the '0' in the T20 represents the Cricket Ball complete with a green seam
Participating Teams
For the first time the tournament will have 16 teams including all 10 Full Members and6 Associate Members
The top eight (full member) teams in the ICC T20 International Championship Rankings on Oct 08, 2012 enter the Super 10 Stage
- Directly Qualified for Super 10
- Australia
- England
- India
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- West Indies
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
Group 2
Team | Pld | L | w | NR | NRR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
West Indies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
The Remaining 8 Teams compete in the Group Stage, from which two teams advance to the Super 10 stage
- Qualified for Group Stage
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- UAE
- Zimbabwe
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
UAE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
Schedule
2014 ICC World T20 Mirpur,Bangladesh India Vs Pakistan Friday March 21,2014
Squads
India (possible): 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Suresh Raina, 5 Yuvraj Singh, 6 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), 7 Ajinkya Rahane/Stuart Binny/Amit Mishra/Varun Aaron/Mohit Sharma, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Mohammed Shami
Pakistan (possible): 1 Kamran Akmal (wk), 2 Sharjeel Khan, 3 Mohammad Hafeez (capt.), 4 Umar Akmal, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Sohaib Maqsood, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Bilawal Bhatti, 9 Sohail Tanvir, 10 Umar Gul, 11 Saeed Ajmal.
India beats Pakistan by 7 wickets
India have won all 4 matches against Pakistan at the World Twenty20.
The tally includes the 'bowl-out' after an exciting 'tie' at Kingsmead, Durban on September 14, 2007;
by five runs in the final at Johannesburg on September 24, 2007,
by 8 wickets at Colombo (RPS) on September 30, 2012 and
by 7 wickets at Dhaka on March 21, 2014.
India got their World T20 campaign off to a bright start with a convincing 7-wicket win over Pakistan
at the Sher-e-Bangla
International Cricket Stadium,Mirpur,Bangladesh
Put in to bat in the Group B match,
the Pakistani batsmen struggled against disciplined Indian bowling and
largely sharp fielding, managing 130 for seven wickets in 20 overs. For Pakistan, Umar Akmal was the top scorer with 33 (30 balls, 2x4s) while Shehzad made 22 and Shoaib Maqsood 21
A 50-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Malik and Akmal saved Pakistan from total embarrassment.
In reply, 2007 ICC World T20 Champions India, after being given a 54-run start by openers Shikhar Dhawan 30 Runs(28 balls, 5x4s) and Rohit Sharma 24 Runs( 21 balls, 1x4, 2x6s), finished at 131/3 in 18.3 overs
Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma were associated in a partnership of 54 - India's second highest opening stand against Pakistan at the World T20 - the highest being 77 between Gautam Gambhir and Ajinkya Rahane at Bangalore on December 25, 2012.
Virat Kohli (36 not out, 32 balls, 4x4s, 1x6) and Suresh Raina (35 not out, 28 balls, 4x4s, 1x6) forged the match-winning unbeaten partnership of 66 - India's highest for the 4th wicket at the World T20, eclipsing the 61 between Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni against England at Durban on September 19, 2007.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra was adjudged Man of the Match for his tight bowling who bagged two wickets, those of Ahmed Shehzad and Shoaib Malik to strangle the Pakistani innings that never got going at the Sher-e-Bangla International Cricket Stadium,Mirpur,Bangladesh
Amit Mishra (2 for 22) has recorded his best bowling figures in T20Is. He has got his first MOM award in T20Is.
Apart from Mishra, the other bowling hero was left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, the most accurate of the six Indian bowlers as he conceded just 4.50 runs per over and took the wicket of Shehzad stumped by captain M.S. Dhoni.
A very well written blog there mate. I still remember the 6 sixes in the inaugural T20 played by Yuvi. It was outstanding. Gave me goosebumps to see that match live. There was so much vigour in the team; may be because that was the first time T20 was introduced. I have been watching all the matches on http://www.starsports.com/cricket/index.html and to be honest I feel the vigour has gone down and that is evident from the matches or is it because of the great players who got retired from the teams like Sachin Tendulkar, Greame Smith and Brett Lee?
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