After 28 days of mesmerizing cricket in the T 20 World Cup, The mega cricketing event has reached to the final where England & Pakistan will play to win the T20 World cup on the 13th Nov at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ),Australia .
Major Upsets By Underdogs: This T20 World cup has been full of up’s and down’s, we will look into the important match won by the new team in the tournament
- Namibia Vs Sri Lanka: Namibia shattered Sri Lanka and won the match by 55 runs in the first group stage match.
- Scotland surprised West-Indies and won the match by 42 runs
- Ireland shocked West-Indies and won the match by 9 wickets
- England got a huge upset when Ireland won against against England by 5 runs.
- In the most shocking upset of the tournament, Pakistan lost their match to Zimbabwe by 1 runs.
Nail Baiting Matches of the Tournament: We have seen some of the tensed and nail-biting match in the T20 World Cup 2022
India Vs Pakistan : 23rd Oct ,India Vs Pakistan much awaited match for the cricket fans from both the countries ,90 thousand fans in the stadium cheering for their teams .Batting first Pakistan score 159/8 after 20 over ,India lost their 4 top batter’s in the first 6 over ,India was having huge pressure ,under pressure Virat Kohli & Hardik built a strong partnership and bought the team into the fight ,On the 23rd Oct ,Indian cricket fans has watched one of the finest batting by Virat Kohli . In the 19th Over Virat has smashed two sixes back to back and bought the belief to chase the target .In the 20th Over,Trying to hit the six ,Hardik got catch out but virat hold his nerve and smashed a massive six but match had to have some twist and turn as dinesh karthik got stumping by Pakistani wicket keep on the 5th ball of the last over then Ashwin came to bat to face the last ball . India needed two runs from one ball but bowler has given one extra run in the form of White ball and score got level at that time and in the last ball, Ashwin smashed the ball for four runs and India restricted one of their famous win on Pakistan
India Vs Bangladesh: 2nd Nov ,2022. India Vs Bangladesh ,Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first ,With the help of K L Rahul half-century,Virat kohli amazing 64 runs knock and Suryakumar Yadav smashing 31 runs from only 16 bowls ,India put 184 runs for the loss of 6 wickets after 20 over .As the Bangladesh batters started their batting in the second innings ,game has been stopped due to rain ,as the rain stopped and match resumed The new target for Bangladesh was 151 runs in 16 over’s (DLS Method ) Bangladesh openers started smashing balls all over the ground and putting pressure on the Indian bowlers . Bangladesh Opener Litton das & Najmul Shanto has given a strong start to chase the 184 target. Litton Das was hitting balls all over the ground and Indian bowlers could not able to stop bangladesh openers to score the runs, but the turning point when Litton Das was trying to take double but K L Rahul throw the ball on the wicket and Litton das was out short and litton das scored 60 runs from 27 balls in which they hit seven fours and 3 Sixes .After the loss of their openers ,Bangladesh batting line up could not able to build partnerships and in regular interval they kept losing their wicket and in the end Bangladesh lost the match by 5 runs .
Australia Vs Afghanistan: Friday,4th Nov 2022 : Afghanistan won the loss and decided to bowl first . For Australia this match was very important to qualify for the semi finals because Australia group teams ( England & New Zealand ) was having on top of the table with better run-rates so Australia had to defeat Afghanistan but big margin then only Australia could have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals .Australia scored 168/8 after 20 over, with the help of glenn Maxwell half-century and Mitchell Marsh smashing 45 runs from 30 balls .in the second inning ,Afghanistan needed 169 to run the match but their opening could not able to give a strong start for Afghanistan and lost their first wicket in the form of Usman Ghani early . Afghanistan had a small partnership between Ibrahim Zadran & Gulbadin Naib which helped Afghanistan to come closer to the target score but they kept losing wickets in the regular interval ,Afghanistan all rounder Rashid Khan smashing 48 runs from 23 balls in which he hit 4 sixes and 3 fours and bought the match in Afghanistan radar and put their fans on the seats in the final over of the match but could not reach the target and lost to Australia by 4 runs but after winning this match ,Australia was not able to reach semi-finals due to low run rates and England & New Zealand has qualified for the semi-finals from their group .
Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe: 27th Oct,2022 : Pakistan cricket team never want to remember this match . Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first .With the help of Sean Williams ( 31 runs from 28 balls ) ,Bradley Neil Evans ( 19 runs from 15 balls ) & Craig Ervine (19 runs from 19 balls ) ,Zimbabwe scored 130/8 after 20 over. Pakistan openers was not able to provide a good start for the team and Pakistan lost their openers in the power plays over and Pakistan kept on losing wicket in regular interval .Zimbabwe bowler Sikandar Raza took three important wickets in the crucial time of the match and bought the match in Zimbabwe side .In the last ball of the match ,Pakistan needed 2 runs and Shaheen shah afridi hit the ball to the long on and trying to take 2 runs but got run out on the last ball and Zimbabwe won the match by 1 run. This defeat had put Pakistan huge pressure from their fans and everyone thought Pakistan was not able to reach to the semi-finals
THE FINAL: ENGLAND VS PAKISTAN : 13TH Nov 2022 : After getting set back in the match against Zimbabwe ,Pakistan bounced back and won their all group stage match ,on the match hands England also got lost to Ireland and bounced back and made it to finals . Now all the crickets fans are waiting for the England Vs Pakistan final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the Sunday, 13th November .