Hope you are all well and healthy. And just 28 days later, the 2022 T20 World Cup tournament is going to start in Australia from October 16. A total of 16 countries of the world are going to participate in this year's T20 World Cup. And around the 2022 T20 World Cup, every country has formed its own strong team by selecting their best players. Hopefully we will see a great game in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Looking at the 2022 T20 World Cup fixtures, it can be seen that Group - A and Group - B have the T20 World Cup champions on both sides. Group A consists of last time champions Australia, 2010 T20 World Cup champions England and 2014 T20 World Cup champions Sri Lanka. Group B also includes India, the first winner of the T20 World Cup in 2007, Pakistan, the second champion of the T20 World Cup in 2009, and West Indies, the champion of the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016. So far, six countries have fulfilled their dream of winning the T20 World Cup, they are seen as the strongest country in this World Cup. But other countries are also trying their best to fulfill their dream of winning the World Cup.
But today I will tell you briefly about the preparation and their performance of the 2021 T20 World Cup champion country Australia. Australia has dominated the ODI World Cup by winning the World Cup 5 times but has won the World Cup only once in the T20 World Cup. However, it is expected that by winning the 2022 T20 World Cup, Australia will try their best to maintain their cricket dominance in the T20 World Cup.
Australia have announced their best 15-man squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup. The Australian squad led by captain Aaron Finch is – Aston Agger, Pat Cummins (vice-captain), Tim David (new), Josh Hazlewood, Jos Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner and Adam Zampa. In my opinion, Australia have assembled a very strong cricket team to fulfill their dream of winning their second T20 World Cup.
The Australian Cricket Board went looking for players to fulfill their dream of winning the World Cup and got an aggressive and excellent batsman like 26-year-old Tim David as a new player. With the addition of Tim David with excellent batsmen like Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steve Smith, Maxwell, it can be said that the Australian batting unit has become stronger. At the same time, Ricky Ponting compared David with the former Australian all-rounder Symonds in his comments after watching David's game and the Australian Cricket Board is optimistic enough about David's excellent batting.
Looking at the T20 ranking of 2022, it can be seen that Australia is at the 6th position. Although India, England, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand are ahead in the ranking, I think Australia is the strongest according to the consistent performance of batting, bowling and fielding in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
When we look at Australia's batting unit, we see that the Australian team has a huge long batting line-up. Simply put, everyone in the Australian team can bat fairly well. However, the first 7 people can bat amazingly and the rest can be said to have the ability to play extraordinary roles as needed by the team.
Besides, Australia team can be said to be the best for pace bowling attack, along with excellent spin bowlers like Jasper in Australia team. The excellent pace bowling of Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Hazlewood can be a danger to the good batsmen of any country. Also, it can be seen that the players of the Australian team are quite focused and consistently doing well in the fielding sector as well.
Hopefully, if everything goes well in the 2022 T20 World Cup and Australia can play their consistent game, there seems to be no obstacle to fulfill the dream. However, the Australian cricket team should also remember that no country should be underestimated on the field of play. I was waiting to see the dream of the Australian team.
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