The ICC Males’s Twenty20 World Cup 2024 – cricket’s greatest event – has reached the Tremendous Eights stage in america and the West Indies.
The 20-team competitors has slimmed to eight groups and there have already been main shocks and eliminations within the group levels.
Right here’s what you have to know in regards to the subsequent section of the event:
Which groups have certified for the Tremendous Eights?
The highest two groups from every of the preliminary 4 teams have certified, with probably the most notable omissions being Pakistan and New Zealand:
- India (Group A winners)
- USA (Group A runners-up)
- Australia (Group B winners)
- England (Group B runners-up)
- West Indies (Group C winners)
- Afghanistan (Group C runners-up)
- South Africa (Group D winners)
- Bangladesh (Group D runners-up)
How does the format work?
Following the 4 teams of 5 that started the event, the construction now reduces to 2 teams of 4 – the Tremendous Eights.
Every crew will play one another as soon as of their respective teams with the highest two groups from every qualifying for the semifinals.
- Group 1: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India
- Group 2: England, South Africa, USA, West Indies
When and the place are the Tremendous Eights and the ultimate?
The Tremendous Eights shall be performed from June 18 to June 25.
The event, which opened on June 2 on the Grand Prairie Stadium, Grand Prairie, Dallas, has moved from america and can now be totally performed within the Caribbean. 4 venues shall be utilized in Barbados, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Saint Vincent.
The semifinals shall be performed on June 27 in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana respectively. The ultimate in Barbados will happen on June 29.
That are the most important matches to be careful for within the Tremendous Eights?
In an version plagued by shocks and upsets, together with the most important within the event’s historical past when USA beat Pakistan, each recreation seems to have a fair higher worth positioned on it now.
The USA, a lot as they did within the group stage, will open the following spherical in opposition to South Africa on Wednesday. The Proteas claimed 4 wins from their 4 video games within the group however every was a decent scrap fairly than the stroll the desk might counsel. Their prime order has failed to fireside and USA will financial institution on pushing one other of the worldwide cricketing giants all the way in which.
Fellow co-hosts West Indies, additionally one among our 5 pre-tournament favourites, face holders England within the second match of the Tremendous Eights stage on Thursday. That’s adopted by India, the defeated finalist on the 2023 Cricket World Cup, in opposition to Afghanistan, now one of many darkish horses for the trophy. Each matches are prone to set down the trail that the 2 teams will take.
By the point England play South Africa on Friday, we might be an eliminator for one of many powerhouses.
Australia should wait till Friday to start their event and should watch out for Bangladesh’s spinners in Antigua. The identical shall be true, if no more so, for Mitchell Marsh’s Aussies on Sunday once they face Afghanistan.
The important thing face-off in Group 1 shall be within the closing spherical of Tremendous Eights matches between Australia in opposition to India – a repeat of the 2023 Cricket World Cup and Take a look at Championship finals. It’s a match that’s prone to determine first and second within the group, and subsequently, seedings for the semifinals.
Holders England comply with up their opener in opposition to West Indies by dealing with South Africa of their second match earlier than ending in opposition to USA. The co-hosts’ match in opposition to the Proteas appears to be a transparent eliminator by that stage – except the USA can present one other upset once they face the defending champions.
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Who’re the favourites for the T20 World Cup 2024 semifinals?
India are the primary ranked T20 crew. The event has been uncomfortable to this point, although, and the matches in opposition to USA and Canada have been extra troublesome than hoped, whereas their Pakistan match went to the wire. Rohit Sharma’s males shall be determined to make up for the heartbreak of shedding the 2023 Cricket World Cup closing to Australia on dwelling soil and can hope their gamers can take their type of the not too long ago completed Indian Premier League into the ultimate levels of this event.
Australia can change into the undisputed kings of cricket if they’ll unify the world titles by lifting the T20 World Cup. The Aussies lifted the World Take a look at Championship in 2023, beating India on the Oval, England, earlier than retaining the Ashes on English soil after which finishing a whirlwind yr by beating India in Ahmedabad to be topped 50-over champions. A clear sweep of Take a look at, ODI and T20 titles could be probably the most exceptional turnaround for a crew that was humiliated by the sandpaper ball-tampering controversy of 2018.
England’s defence of their T20 trophy regarded as if it have been heading for a equally disastrous finish as their 50-over title did final yr. The washout of their opening recreation in opposition to Scotland was adopted by a 36-run defeat by Australia and left them praying the climate was type for his or her closing two must-win matches in opposition to Oman and Namibia. The latter proved a nervy wait and a decent contest in a diminished match however Jos Buttler’s aspect scraped via. Carlos Brathwaite’s heroics within the final over of the 2016 closing will nonetheless hang-out the English once they come up in opposition to West Indies – either side are focusing on a file third T20 title – whereas the opposite Group 2 contenders South Africa can by no means be written off.
The Proteas seam assault is led by fit-again Anriche Nortje, who holds the very best economic system (5.02) of any bowler at a T20 World Cup, however they must shake their hoodoo of by no means making it previous the semifinal stage of a serious Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) event. West Indies, meantime, can’t be written off however have but to be actually examined at this version after coming via a gaggle with Uganda, Papua New Guinea and a desperately below-par New Zealand.
Right here’s Al Jazeera’s fast stroll via the historical past of the event.
What are the fixtures in full for the Tremendous Eights?
Group 1: Afghanistan vs India (June 20, Barbados), Australia vs Bangladesh (June 21, Antigua), India vs Bangladesh (June 22, Antigua), Afghanistan vs Australia (June 23, Saint Vincent), Australia vs India (June 24, Saint Lucia), Afghanistan vs Bangladesh (June 25, Saint Vincent)
Group 2: United States vs South Africa (June 19, Antigua), West Indies vs England (June 20, Saint Lucia), England vs South Africa (June 21, Antigua), West Indies vs United States (June 22, Barbados), United States vs England (June 23, Barbados), West Indies vs South Africa (June 24, Antigua)
How a lot is the prize cash for the T20 World Cup?
The ICC has not confirmed the prize cash for the 2024 version of the event, however earlier winners England walked away with $1.6m in 2022.
The place can I comply with the T20 World Cup Tremendous Eights?
The ICC has allotted rights to numerous broadcasting and on-line streaming retailers internationally.
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