ICC T-20 World Cup 2010 - By: Aditi Malhotra

ICC T-20 World Cup Series has offered a new delight to the cricket fans all over the world. After the successful ICC T-20 world cup tournament of 2007, everybody was anxiously waiting for 2009 T-20 series. However, the tournament of 2009 held in England did not yield substantial output. After the unsatisfactory performance of ICC T-20 world cup 2009, all the hopes are now hooked up in the forthcoming third series.

People have already booked tickets from the travel agents for experiencing the grand live performance. The schedule for ICC T-20 is even more interesting than IPL T-20 tournament with the entry of many new teams.

The tournament is scheduled to take place in West Indies from 30th April to May 16th this year. Being the third tournament, this series holds even more excitement and hopes amongst all cricket lovers. As before, the tournament will include 12 teams, the chief test playing nations and 2 associate teams.

The name of teams in t-20 world cup are Australia, India, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, England, West Indies and Ireland. Matches will be played on the following five grounds, Barbados, St. Lucia, Guyana, St. Kittis and Nevis.

The tournament will proceed in three stages, Group Stage, Super Eight Stage and Knock Out Stage. In the group stage, there will be a clash between the corresponding teams of groups. The best two teams of each group will qualify for Super Eight Stage. In this segment, the selected eight teams will be further segregated into two different groups. Each team is supposed to play three matches in this stage. As a result, the best four teams will qualify for the knock out stage. After the third stage, there will be Semi Finals and Final.

The ICC T-20 world cup schedule outlines the respective matches to be played by different teams. All the 12 teams have been divided in four groups namely A, B, C and D. Overall, there will be 27 matches. The qualifying nations are Afghanistan and Ireland, which will also take part in the series. The core groups include

Group A –Australia, Pakistan Bangladesh
Group B –New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe
Group C –India, South Africa and Afghanistan
Group D –England, West Indies and Ireland

This is the typical outline of every ICC T-20 World Cup tournament. The success rate amidst such strong contenders is unknown as of now. However, each team is ready to establish its hold. This is quite evident by the selection of players in each team. we can name top players like Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Yousuf Pathan, and Virender Sehwag, who are all set to make it big again.

Shaid Afridi is leading the opposite team, Pakistan this time. After facing the elimination from the group stage last year, Australia seems to be really geared up for the trophy. Michael Clarke leads the team. Besides, Brett Lee will be playing again this time. West Indies will have the benefit of contending in their own native ground. Expectations are equal from all teams. Rest is a matter of chance and efforts.

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