Desk Report
Publish: 13 Oct 2021, 11:32 am
Kohli, Morgan Eyes For T20 World Cup Title Legacy || Photo: Collected
Five years after losing a heart-stopping T20 World Cup final
to the West Indies, Eoin Morgan's England start as narrow favourites in their
bid to become double world champions despite the absence of Ben Stokes.
Not far behind though are Virat Kohli's India, an ever-lethal West Indies and World Test champions New Zealand -- not to mention South Africa, Australia, former winners Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and fairytale outsiders Afghanistan.
Postponed and moved twice because of the pandemic, the tournament's
seventh edition kicks off on October 17 with Oman -- joint hosts with the
United Arab Emirates -- taking on Papua New Guinea in a first qualifying round.
The top nations will join the event -- played in stadiums
70-percent full -- on October 23 with Australia and South Africa playing the
opener of the Super 12 stage and England up against holders West Indies.
England, ranked as the world number one nation in T20
cricket, beat New Zealand to win the 50-over title at Lord's in 2019 and
victory in the shortest format's showpiece event will further cement their
white-ball dominance.
Morgan's team will, however, be without Stokes and Jofra
Archer, who played a key part in their one-day World Cup triumph, but
vice-captain Jos Buttler insists the team is "certainly one of the
favourite teams."
"I know we are missing Ben and Jofra, who are two
superstars of the game, but I still look down that list and see some real
match-winners in our side."
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