T20 has reshaped cricket in a dramatic way. It has obviously both benefits and drawbacks. Biggest disadvantage of T20 is traditional cricket is losing his audience and his charm. But on the other hand, it has also helped cricket in growing rigorously. T20 has lot of excitement, charm, fun and everything which now a days audience wants. It has become more popular than Test or ODI's. So just couple of days left in the start of year's biggest event in Bangladesh. 10 top sides of the planet will be in action for becoming the champion of World T20.
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Lets first talk about minnows of the event. May be its wrong to call any team "Minnow" in T20, but one can say these are less rated teams in the event. Top 8 test playing nations are direct qualified to group stage of World T20, and 2 top teams from 2 qualifiers group will meet top8 in a group stage, From group A there is a tough contest between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, yes you read it right, Home nation needs to qualify to group stage and there are good chances Afghanistan taking over them into group stage. In group B there is a contest between Zimbabwe and Ireland to qualify for group stage.Though these teams may have very less chance of winning the tournament but for sure they are capable of throwing any of the team out of tournament. well we have to wait and see how many upsets we can see in this world cup.
Talking about the favorites no doubt Asian trio (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka) have every chance of winning the cup. They are familiar with the conditions,weather and most importantly recently these teams have played Asia cup here. Pakistan's bowling attack and India's batting attack can be termed as the most powerful attacks of the tournament. But both of the teams lack in other department(Pakistan in batting & India in bowling). any of the team finding good balance will have better chance of winning.
T20 champions West Indies on their day can demolish any bowling lineup, but their recent performances shows a bit doubt on their form as a team. They lost T20 series in NZ, and then at home merely able to draw series from Ireland. So they are not as much in the favorites lineup as they were in last tournament.
Ok with the favorites, but Australia, England and South Africa are also very good sides and can reach the top anywhere. England is hurt after Ashes and former world champions wants to gain some respect in cricketing world. However they need something extra to retain get this title. While Australia and South Africa are both in very good form, every one likes to see player like De villier, Steyn , Johnson, Warner in action, and they are very good match winners too, but how they respond to asian slow tracks, its a big question mark.
*Tournament is starting on March 16 .
