Big matches in T20 World Cup 2016 starts from tomorrow. India vs New Zealand 2016 Nagpur T20 will be started tomorrow.
Ten countries are taking part in this tournament and got divided into Two groups.
Group 1 consists of Afghanistan, England, South Africa, Srilanka and West Indies.
Group 2 consists of Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand and Pakistan.
Earlier in the Group qualifying stage Netherlands, Ireland, Oman formed a group along with Bangladesh; and Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Scotland and Hong Kong were grouped into another and played the qualifiers as well as Practice matches before the start of the mains.
Eight Venus were allotted for the entire tournament to be held for. Bengaluru, Kolkatta, Mumbai, Dharmashala, Chennai, Delhi, Nagpur and Mohali grounds will entertain the cricket lovers a lot.
The first match will witness the opening ceremony of the Tournament and it will be played between the Hosts India and New Zealand at VCA Stadium in Nagpur. The match gets started from 7.30 P.M IST.
India might be considered as the hot favourites for the T20 World Cup 2016 Tournament as it has the advantage of playing in the home conditions. Apart from this, the just concluded Asia T20 Tournament’s show by Indian team has also raised hope among the Indian Cricket fans for the win.
New Zealand is also in great form as they have shown impressive performance in this format for the past few months.
The Squads –
Indian Team: Mahindra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Ashwin, Hardick, Ravindra Jadeja, Jaspreet Singh, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Pavan Negi, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammed Shami.
New Zealand Team: Kane Williamson (Captian), Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Luke Ronchi, Ross Taylor, Colin Munro, Michell Santner, Nathan McCullum, Grant Elliott, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Corey Anderson, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne.
India won the T20 world cup in the year 2007 under the captaincy of M S Dhoni.
Till now, no hosting nation team has won the T20 world cup tournament.
For more information the cricket lovers can log onto the International Cricket Council’s Official Website http://www.icc-cricket.com/world-t20.