T20 World Cup Tourney from March 16: Who are Title Favorites?

T20 World cup 2014

T20 World Cup Tourney from March 16: Who are Title Favorites?

T20 world cup tourney is going to begin on 16th of this month. This is the fifth world cup tourney for the T20 format. Sixteen teams are going to take part in the tourney. Bangladesh is going to host the world cup this year. Final match will be played on April 6. West Indies team is the defending champion. It is not easy to decide which team is the favorite.

Dhaka: T20 world cup 2014 is going to be held in two rounds. In the first round, eight teams are divided into two groups. Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Hong Kong are in Team A. Zimbabwe, Ireland, UAE and Netherlands are in Team B. the top teams in two groups will be qualified for the second round and the other six teams will be out of the tourney.

In the second round o T20 world cup 2014, ten teams will be divided into two groups. Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, New Zealand, and the team that qualifies from round 1 from Team B will be in Group 1. In Group 2, the teams are West Indies, India, Pakistan, Australia and qualifier A team. The two teams that stood first in each group will qualify for semi finals. This is the first time that Bangladesh is hosting the event.

It is not easy for the West Indies team to defend their title. The team was the winner in the fourth T20 world cup held in Sri Lanka. Chris Gayle said that this time, the competition will be very tough. Windies team played 20 matches in this format after world cup. In the last six matches it lost five matches. It is to be seen whether the team will be able to qualify to semi finals. India, Australia and Pakistan teams will be giving tough fight.

Team India has no dearth of players who has the ability to help India win the matches in T20 format. The team consists of all rounders such as Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, match finisher Mahendra Singh Dhoni and top bowlers. Stroke makers Shikar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina also make the batting line up strong. But bowling is major problem for India. India was the champion in first T 20 world cup and we will have to see if the team will be able to win the title once again.