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ICC T20 World Cup 2026 It's been two weeks since the much-awaited T20 World Cup 2026 has been in operation. Hosted in the sub-continent jointly by the cricketing giants India and the Lankan lions, this edition of the World Cup has given us numerous classic cricketing moments that will be remembered for a long time. The tournament has been filled with exciting highs and some disappointing lows. The highlight of this tournament has definitely been how the low-ranked cricketing nations have taken the fight to the established teams. They have put on a brave face and never looked afraid of the task at hand giving us a number of close games rather than the one-sided match-ups which everyone expected. On the other hand their inability to win over crunch moments have allowed the top-ranked sides to sneak some nervy wins. If not for these mistakes we would have seen a few more thrilling upsets. We will now talk about the disappointments of the World Cup so far after the end of Group Stage. ...

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 It's been two weeks since the much-awaited T20 World Cup 2026 has been in operation. Hosted in the sub-continent jointly by the cricketing giants India and the Lankan lions, this edition of the World Cup has given us numerous classic cricketing moments that will be remembered for a long time. The highlight of this tournament has definitely been how the low-ranked cricketing nations have taken the fight to the established teams. They have put on a brave face and never looked afraid of the task at hand giving us a number of close games rather than the one-sided match-ups which everyone expected. While all the talk pre-tournament was around how the first 300+ score will be scored in this World Cup, on the contrary, 200 mark has been breached only 6 times in 40 games with a highest of 235 scored by Ireland against Oman at the Sinhalese Sports Club. We will now talk about the highlights of the World Cup so far after the end of Group Stage. The below list includes ...

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 The ICC T20 World Cup is into the 10th edition right now. 19 years since it was first started in 2007, a total of 25 teams have participated in the competition. This year we have 20 teams after ICC's decision to expand the competition two years ago in 2024. That decision saw three news teams debuting in 2024: USA, Canada and Uganda. Another debutant Italy became the 25th team when they played their maiden World Cup game against fellow Europeans Scotland on Monday. For the last few years, we have seen the Associates running the Full-member nations close with a few upsets as well creating some attention. But those moments have been quite rare and only on certain occasions i.e. Netherlands in 2014 and 2022, USA in 2024 has an Associate nation managed to grab a few eyeballs with their performances. This year however, things look entirely different. In the 9 games played so far, we have seen some encouraging performances from the lower ranked teams giving the favo...

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 The 10th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup is finally here. Mired by behind-the-scenes controversies, political clashes, backouts and wildcard entries, this version of the latest ICC event will be hosted by defending champions India and Sri Lanka at eight different venues from 7th Feb till 8th March. The event will again have 20 teams divided in four groups of 5 which will be followed by Super 8s and the knockouts. India, England and West Indies have claimed the silverware twice while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia won a single title each. There was a huge tussle between the Bangladesh cricket board and the ICC over their participation as the BCB insisted on shifting their matches from India to Sri Lanka citing security concerns for their players and other staff. However, ICC remained firm on their stance and despite gaining support from the Pakistan cricket board, BCB decided to withdraw from the event resulting in a last-minute call-up for Scotland. Recent de...