This is followed by the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the third-place match (contested by the losing semi-finalists), and the final. Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for three matches against other teams in the same group. This means that a total of six matches are played within a group. The last round of matches of each group is scheduled at the same time to preserve fairness among all four teams. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage. Since 1994, three points have been awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss .
They scored 260/6 in 20 overs against Kenya in 2007. Seven years later, Sri Lanka bowled the Netherlands out for the lowest score in T20 World Cup history. Earlier in the day, New Zealand restricted India to their lowest first-innings total ever in the T20 World Cup, courtesy of some exceptional bowling performance from their bowlers. The Kiwis had only 111 runs to chase and they did that with 33 balls to spare.
When captain Kohli congratulated his Pakistani counterparts after the match, photographers fervently captured the bittersweet moment and many social media users proudly gushed over it. Some described it as an expression of rare sportsmanship – one that remains unspoilt by the political fault lines that underpin ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. As the attack grew, many people, including veteran cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, spoke in support of Shami. And the Indian Cricket Board tweeted a picture of Shami along with team captain Virat Kohli, who has refrained from commenting on the controversy so far. The T20 world cup prize money has increased from when the previous edition took place in 2016. The cash reward for the winners will be $3.5 million.
These are not the early days of T20, like you saw in the nascent days of 50 overs cricket in which scores of even 125 in 50 overs or 183 in 60 overs were defended successfully by India. This is the T20 era where players grow up in this format and are going to make mincemeat of the opposition when the target is well within their reach and the conditions are perfect for batting. The Indian team under Virat Kohli may have had six full non-match days between their first and second games, and the skipper remarked at the toss as a matter of fact, “it’s ridiculous we are playing two matches in 10 days”.
The cumulative viewership of all matches of the 2006 World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet. There’s always planning going into the game, but this was a great performance against a side that puts up a fight. The surface wasn’t easy to find rhythm on, and the way the openers came out really set things up for the chase. It’s just about adapting to the conditions as well as we can. The way the spinners kept applying pressure was commendable and it was a complete performance.
Three players share the record for playing in the most World Cups; Mexico’s Antonio Carbajal (1950–1966) and Rafael Márquez (2002–2018); and Germany’s Lothar Matthäus (1982–1998) all played in five tournaments. Matthäus has played the most World Cup matches overall, with 25 appearances. Brazil’s Djalma Santos (1954–1962), West Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer (1966–1974), and Germany’s Philipp Lahm (2006–2014) are the only players to be named to three World Cup All-Star Teams. Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany are the only teams to win a World Cup outside their continental confederation; Brazil came out victorious in Europe , North America and Asia . Argentina won a World Cup in North America in 1986, while Spain won in Africa in 2010.