ICC T20 World Cup 2021; India's Transitional Phase to a Stronger Team

By Kaushik KB, Online Content Writer, siliconindia  |  Thursday, 28 October 2021, 05:41:43 PM IST

ICC T20 World Cup 2021; India's Transitional Phase to a Stronger Team

The T20 format seems to be cricket’s devastating feeling in the present world. Close on the heels of the Indian Premier League. The ICC T20 World Cup commenced on 17 October, and matches are held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021.

There was a previous (2020) T20 World Cup held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020. Still, in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that this tournament had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, the ICC declared that India would host the 2021 tournament as organized, with Australia as the host for the next 2022 tournament. Nevertheless, in June 2021, the ICC declared that the tournament had been migrated to the United Arab Emirates due to increasing anxieties over the COVID-19 pandemic situation and likely third wave of the pandemic in India.

MS Dhoni’s presence as a mentor

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T20 trend was notably evident when M.S. Dhoni's men won the inaugural ICC World T20, as the quickest format's World Cup was then called, in South Africa in 2007. Dhoni, regarded as one of India's best-ever captains. Dhoni is the most successful captain in white-ball cricket in his cabinet with all 3 ICC titles, the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 World Cup, and 2013 Champions Trophy. Dhoni, who recently led Chennai Super Kings to their fourth Indian Premier League (IPL) title after beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the final, has joined the Indian team in his new role mentor of the team. Dhoni's role as a mentor of Team India is limited to the T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli gets another opportunity to lay his hands on ICC silverware, which continues his captaincy resume. He is also giving up his T20 captaincy after the championship should push him further towards this goal.

India’s Squad for ICC T20 World Cup – 2021

Player

Date of birth

Batting

Bowling Style

Virat Kohli (c)

5 November 1988 (aged 32)

Right

Right-arm medium

Rohit Sharma (vc)

30 April 1987 (aged 34)

Right

Right-arm off-spin

Ravichandran Ashwin

17 September 1986 (aged 35)

Right

Right-arm off-spin

Jasprit Bumrah

6 December 1993 (aged 27)

Right

Right-arm fast-medium

Rahul Chahar

4 August 1999 (aged 22)

Right

Right-arm leg break

Varun Chakravarthy

29 August 1991 (aged 30)

Right

Right-arm leg break

Ravindra Jadeja

6 December 1988 (aged 32)

Left

Slow left-arm orthodox

Ishan Kishan (wk)

18 July 1998 (aged 23)

Left

–

Bhuvneshwar Kumar

5 February 1990 (aged 31)

Right

Right-arm medium-fast

Rishabh Pant (wk)

4 October 1997 (aged 24)

Left

–

KL Rahul

18 April 1992 (aged 29)

Right

Right-arm medium

Hardik Pandya

11 October 1993 (aged 28)

Right

Right-arm medium-fast

Mohammed Shami

3 September 1990 (aged 31)

Right

Right-arm fast

Shardul Thakur

16 October 1991 (aged 30)

Right

Right-arm medium-fast

Suryakumar Yadav

14 September 1990 (aged 31)

Right

Right-arm medium


T20 World Cup 2021 Schedule

Match No

Date

Vs

Rounds

Group

1

17-10-21

Bangladesh vs Scotland

1st

Group B

2

17-10-21

Oman vs Papua New Guinea

1st

Group B

4

18-10-21

Sri Lanka vs Namibia

1st

Group A

3

18-10-21

Ireland vs Netherlands

1st

Group A

5

19-10-21

Scotland vs Papua New Guinea

1st

Group B

6

19-10-21

Oman vs Bangladesh

1st

Group B

7

20-10-21

Namibia vs Netherlands

1st

Group A

8

20-10-21

Sri Lanka vs Ireland

1st

Group A

9

21-10-21

Bangladesh vs Papua New Guinea

1st

Group B

10

21-10-21

Bangladesh vs Netherlands

1st

Group B

11

22-10-21

Namibia vs Ireland

1st

Group A

12

22-10-21

Sri Lanka vs Netherlands

1st

Group A

13

23-10-21

Australia vs South Africa

1st

Group 1

14

23-10-21

England vs West Indies

1st

Group 1

15

24-10-21

A1 vs B2

Super 12

Group 1

16

24-10-21

India vs Pakistan

Super 12

Group 2

17

25-10-21

Afghanistan vs B1

Super 12

Group 2

18

26-10-21

South Africa vs West Indies

Super 12

Group 1

19

26-10-21

Pakistan vs New Zealand

Super 12

Group 2

20

27-10-21

England vs B2

Super 12

Group 1

21

27-10-21

B1 vs A2

Super 12

Group 2

22

28-10-21

Australia vs A1

Super 12

Group 1

23

29-10-21

West Indies vs B2

Super 12

Group 1

24

29-10-21

Afghanistan vs Pakistan

Super 12

Group 2

25

30-10-21

South Africa vs A1

Super 12

Group 1

26

30-10-21

England vs Australia

Super 12

Group 1

27

31-10-21

Afghanistan vs A2

Super 12

Group 2

28

31-10-21

India vs New Zealand

Super 12

Group 2

29

01-11-21

England vs A1

Super 12

Group 1

30

02-11-21

South Africa vs B2

Super 12

Group 1

31

02-11-21

Pakistan vs A2

Super 12

Group 2

32

02-11-21

New Zealand vs TBC

Super 12

Group 1

33

03-11-21

New Zealand vs B1

Super 12

Group 2

34

03-11-21

India vs Afghanistan

Super 12

Group 2

35

04-11-21

Australia vs B2

Super 12

Group 1

36

04-11-21

West Indies vs A1

Super 12

Group 1

37

05-11-21

New Zealand vs A2

Super 12

Group 2

38

05-11-21

India vs B1

Super 12

Group 2

39

06-11-21

Australia vs West Indies

Super 12

Group 1

40

06-11-21

England vs South Africa

Super 12

Group 1

41

07-11-21

New Zealand vs Afghanistan

Super 12

Group 2

42

07-11-21

Pakistan vs B1

Super 12

Group 2

43

08-11-21

India vs A2

Super 12

Group 2

 

Date

Team

Match Name

10 Nov 2021

TBC vs TBC

1st Semi-Final

11 Nov 2021

TBC vs TBC

2nd Semi-Final

14 Nov 2021

TBC vs TBC

Final

Defending champion West Indies, Australia, South Africa, England, and New Zealand may favor their chances, but this tournament isn’t entirely about the traditional teams. It is also around Scotland accelerating its way in or Afghanistan setting up despite the riot back home. Desire floats, and India wants to finish on the winning side when the championship ends on November 14.

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