Surely, this spectacular event would be remembered for a long time to come. The event has been scheduled for a start on the 18th of September, 2012. Furthermore, the cup is going to be the first of the t20 world cups to be held in the continent of Asia. There are going to be a total of four groups that would be competing with each other in the very first round. As most of might already know that it is going to be a knockout tournament in terms of qualifying for the super 8 stage.The logo of this highly waited tournament is the “Modern Spin”. So, you should be prepared for witnessing a never before game play from the side of the top teams in the world. But I am no there to discuss with you the schedules of the cup, as most of might already know about that. My prime reason for writing this article is to bring to light some of the best teams in the world in the perspective of the t20 world cup. The list has been made keeping in view the past performances of the previous matches, international tournaments and some of the most reliable stats. So, you can be sure of getting the most reliable and fact based rankings in this top ten list with no sort of favoritism or prejudice at all. Read more to have a clear idea about Top 10 Best Cricket Teams Of ICC World Cup T20 2012.
10. Ireland
The team has qualified for its first world cup in the year 2007. As the team and their cricket board is not so developed, so the players have been just introduced to their first contracts.It is also not a permanent team for the ODI matches, but keeping in view some of its good performances, it can be said that Ireland is going to try very hard in order to make a name for itself among the top cricket teams in the world.
9. Bangladesh
This team has seen many ups and downs in the course of its international matches. But it would be pretty stupid to consider this team as one of the underdog teams who would be playing in thet20 world cup. Till now the team has won 72 matches in the domain of ODI’s and 4 of the t20matches.
8. New Zealand
The person who is going to lead the team in t20 world cup is Ross Taylor. There were times when the team was ranked among the top teams in the world, but in the past few years the scenario has changed a bit. The team has won a total of 268 ODI matches out of its 620 matches.The winning percentage for the team in the t20 matches is nearly 50 % as it has won 24 out of its50 matches.
7. West Indies
Now here we have the winner of 2 word cups and a number of other tournaments. But keeping in view its present performances it has been ranked on the number 7th spot. The winning percentage of the ream is also 50 % as asserted by the latest statistics. Surely, the team has given some good performances in the past t20 world cups, so who knows whether West Indies would be able to make it to the top.
6. Australia
Do not get surprised to see this team at the number 6th spot, as the T20 stats tell a very different story based on the past performances of this team in the domain of the T20 matches. Although Australia has won the ODI world cup 4 times, but its T20 performances have been not been up tote mark.
5. Sri Lanka
Keeping in view the previous performances and game play of the team in the ODI’s and T20matches, the winning percentage of the team is less than 50 %. But what made this team qualify for the number 5th spot, are the latest T20 ratings issued by ICC. Yes, the ICC ratings can be biased, but they are relied on by a large number of people.
4. Pakistan
Pakistan has won the T20 world cup once and is all loaded to grab a new one. All the stats and figures on the performances of the team clearly depict that Pakistan has the potential to be at the top. Now here I would not be sharing with you the influence of politics in the performances of the team, but it is a crucial factor that mostly comes to judge the outcome of final and semifinal matches. Let us whether the team would be able to take the trophy for this year’s T20 world cup.
3. India
India is definitely one of the strongest competitors in the tournament. Till now the team has maintained a decent winning percentage and is sure to do something extra ordinary in this world cup. Furthermore, the team has also won the last ODI would cup. In the year 2007, they had also won the T20 world cup.
2. England
The latest ICC rankings assert that England is on the number 1st spot in the ODI and on the number 2nd in terms of test match and T20 performances. In the previous T20 world cup the team has been able to make it to the super 8 stage and has also won the world cup in the year 2010.There is a high certainty that this year England has some bright chances for winning the trophy.
1. South Africa
South Africa is presently at the number 1st spot in terms of test and T20 rankings. Furthermore,the team has also managed to earn some high ratings from the side of the critics. Till now the team has not won a T20 world cup, but still they are likely to get one this year keeping in view the previous top class performances of the team. So, let us wait and see what kind of performances we are going to see from the side of these 10 best teams for the t20 world cup 2012.
Top 10 Best Cricket Teams Of ICC World Cup t20 2012,
