World Cup T-20 2012

The Twenty20 Cricket has never failed to enthrall and captivate the minds of cricketing viewers and spectators round the globe. Since its early days, T20 Cricket came under constant criticism. But with the unprecedented success of the inaugural edition of the International Twenty20 World Cup, all questions over the longevity of the shortest format of Cricket was put to rest once and for all. To globalize T20 Cricket throughout the globe, the International Cricket Council decided to host T20 World Cups every 2 years. This Year we will witness the next edition of World T20, to be played in Asian Country of Sri Lanka.

The Twenty20 World Cup 2012 is the 4th edition of the T20 World Cup. In fact, this is the first time that this grand tournament will be hosted by an Asian country alone. This year, the number of qualifying teams has been raised from 12 to 16. This implies, the minnows and the associate countries stand a chance to compete against the big teams and gain experience. For that, a qualifying round was being held in the first quarter of 2012.

The matches will be held in Galle, Kandy and Colombo. The finals, though, will be held at the legendary R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. It is one of the magnificent cricketing venues of the modern age. In the distant past, it has been witness to great cricketing spectacles, including quarter finals and semi finals of Cricket World Cup 2011 and 1996. Also, it would be interesting to see whether an Asian country will host the cup, or will it be a new name to lift up the coveted T20 World Championship crown. It’s just a matter of time, before the winner is exposed to the cricketing fraternity.

The groups for this years event are:

Groups

Group A – England, India,Afghanistan

Group B – Australia, West Indies,Ireland

Group C – Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Group D – Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh

Super Eight (S8) Groups

Group 1 – India, Australia,South Africa,Pakistan.

Group 2 – England,West Indies, Sri Lanka,New Zealand.

Inaugural Match Review: 

The first game of the ICC T20 World Championship 2012 was played on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. This was as expected one sided as Sri Lanka won  it comprehensively.  First by pilling a mammoth 182 runs on board and then  clamping the Zimbabwe to 80 runs.

In his comeback match Ajantha Mendis took 6 wickets for just 8 runs and nailed Zimbabwe to 82 run victory. Before this Dilshan made a quick fire 39 along side sangakara who made 44 runs to help Sri Lanka reach 182 runs in first innings.

Stay tuned for all the latest updates & Indian team performance in th 4th edition of world cup.