The low-down on the 2016 T20 cricket tournament.

 

Cricket at its most exciting

 

The 2016 ICC World T20 is underway. The formidable teams will aim to give big hit and take many wickets. The T20 form of cricket has been described as the most exciting form of cricket.

The tournament will run until 3 April 2016 and the hosts India will be a threat to all nations, especially because of home ground advantage.

The final match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

 

The format of the 2016 World Twenty20  follows the the previous format. There are sixteen teams featured, with ten (Super 10)  of those qualifying automatically through their status as full members of the ICC. The other six teams made it through the 2015 World T20 qualifiers.

 

Top 10 rankings: (T20 format)

 

  1. India
  2. South Africa
  3. West Indies
  4. New Zealand
  5. England
  6. Sri Lanka
  7. Australia
  8. Pakistan
  9. Afghanistan
  10. Bangladesh

 

 

Top T20 batsmen

 

Rank Rating Name Country
1 868 Aaron Finch Australia
2 840 Virat Kohli India
3 795 Alex Hales England
4 758 Francois du Plessis South Africa
5 740 Martin Guptill New Zealand
6 733 Kane Williamson New Zealand
7 703 Chris Gayle West Indies
8 698 Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe
9 681 Mohammad Shahzad Afghanistan
10 665 Eoin Morgan England

 

 

 

 

With so much skill among these stars, what’s the best way to witness such talent?

The best way would be to be in a box suite at the stadium in India of course, but for majority of cricket enthusiasts, in front of a TV, with your buddies and some beer will have to do. There are various TVs perfect for live matches for sale on bidorbuy.

 

 

Top T20 bowlers

 

Rank Rating Name Country
1 773 Sunil Narine West Indies
2 765 Ravichandran Ashwin India
3 675 Sachithra Senanayake Sri Lanka
4 672 Shahid Afridi Pakistan
5 669 Graeme Cremer Zimbabwe
6 643 Mitchell McClenaghan New Zealand
7 641 Imran Tahir South Africa
8 636 Dawlat Zadran Afghanistan
9 632 Ravindra Jadeja India
10 622 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

The Proteas will have to look deep and hard to overcome the chokers tag. The South African national cricket team has always been among the favourites to win titles, but have often lacked the big match temperament (BMT), which can lead to them disappointing the nation.

AB de Villiers and the team have declared that they have full intention to win the tournament and prove the critics and doubters wrong. The Proteas’ first match will be on 18 March 2016 against England. The Proteas are the most in-form team going into the tournament, having never won the ICC T20 World Cup before. This is their best shot at it.

The Proteas have been drawn in Group 1 along with England, West Indies, Sri Lanka and winner of the Group B qualifier.

We hope our boys do us proud and bring the title home.

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