-Vinay Kumar
The ICC T20 World Cup, 2022, being played in Australia, is the eighth season of the T20 World Cup. During this, so far 6 countries have become champions at least once. The interesting thing is that in the latest season so far, all those champions have lost in one match or the other.
The Indian team lost to South Africa (India vs South Africa T20 World Cup, 2022) on Sunday, 30 October. After winning two consecutive matches, Team India had to face defeat by 5 wickets at the hands of South Africa. Significantly, India is the first winner of the T20 World Cup. India became the champion in 2007. In this latest World Cup, all the former champions have lost at least 1 match, only New Zealand and South Africa have not got a single defeat so far. India’s next in this tournament, that is, the fourth match, will be against Bangladesh (India vs Bangladesh T20 World Cup, 2022) on November 2.
The history of T20 World Cup tells that Sri Lanka became the champion in the year 2014. However, Namibia defeated him in the very first round of the latest tournament. It is worth noting that recently Sri Lanka has also won the Asia Cup T20 2022. The Sri Lankan team has lost 2 matches so far in the Super-12 of the World Cup.
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West Indies have won the T20 World Cup twice. But, this West Indies team could not progress beyond the first round of this latest World Cup. They lost to Scotland in the first match and Ireland in the second match.
Host Australia is the defending champion of the T20 World Cup. Last year, he won the title by defeating New Zealand in the finals of the tournament held in Oman and UAE. But in the first match of the current season, he was defeated by the Kiwi team by 89 runs. It has also become difficult for him to reach the semi-finals.
England has been the champion of ICC T20 World Cup 2010. But, in the latest tournament, Ireland defeated him (England vs Ireland T20 World Cup, 2022). For the time being, the hopes remain, the race for the semi-finals has not come out.
Pakistan has been the champion of ICC T20 World Cup 2009. The semi-finals of the year 2021 have also been played. But, in the first match of this World Cup, India defeated the dhobi and after that Zimbabwe dusted. The road to the semi-finals in this latest tournament looks difficult.
India is the first champion of T20 World Cup. But that victory got him 15 years from today in the ICC T20 World Cup, 2007. India is waiting for this World Cup for 15 years. Significantly, India won the title in 2007 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. To reach the semi-finals in this latest tournament, India will have to win both the matches of the Super-12 round.