International T20 cricket, troubled to realize a firm footing despite the growing quality of domestic leagues, can break new ground once the fifth World Twenty20 opens in Bangla Desh on Sunday.
Tests and one-dayers take precedence over T20 internationals whilst self-made competitions just like the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Australia's huge Bash mushroom round the world.
India, cricket's monetary world power, whose ending within the inaugural World T20 in 2007 sparked the IPL revolution, has compete only one international within the shortest version over the last fifteen months.
World cricket chiefs, hoping to unfold the sport to newer pastures through Twenty20, have enlarged the future tournament to sixteen groups from twelve 2 years past and introduced a replacement format.
Six qualifiers -- eire, Asian country, Nepal, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates and also the Kingdom of The Netherlands -- can be part of Zimbabwe and hosts Bangla Desh during a preliminary league of 2 teams from March sixteen to twenty one.
The two cluster winners can then contest the Super-10 spherical with the highest eight take a look at nations -- Australia, Pakistan, African country, England, New island, India, Sri Lanka and also the West Indies.
UNPREDICTABLE NATURE
True to the unpredictable nature of the slam-bang format, the four previous editions threw up totally different winners anytime with India's success in 2007 emulated by Asian nation (2009), England (2010) and also the West Indies (2012) -- all removed from home.
Chris Gayle, one in every of the foremost harmful batsmen within the fashionable game, warned it'll not be straightforward for his West Indies aspect to defend the title despite a series persuade England in the week.
"It would be nice if history might repeat itself however it's attending to be powerful," the left-handed opener same. "We can take it one match at a time. the primary target is to create the semi-finals."
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