T20 Men’s World Cup: A brief analysis of the previous performances of the hyper competitive first round groups

The ICC T20 MEN’S WORLD CUP that started on 17 October 2021 has been scheduled to occur in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and in Muscat. In the third match of the ICC T20 MEN’S WORLD CUP, the Netherlands will be seen competing against Ireland. The previous performances of both the teams have been relatively good. At present, Ireland have been occupying the thirteenth position on the points table and have been in good form. They put up a stern battle against Papua New Guinea and Bangladesh in the warm-up fixtures before the actual event and emerged as victorious in both the games. The presence of potential batsmen like Paul Sterling and Kevin O Brien are really getting the hopes of the viewers high, because of their previous performances. Mark Adair and Shane Getkate are the two bowlers whose previous performances have really helped the team to raise their position.

However, the presence of experienced performers and instructors, have also made Netherlands vie for gaining a suitable status in the ICC T20 MEN’S WORLD CUP. Albeit, Netherland could not prove to be very great in the warm up fixtures alike its rival but capable players like Myburgh and Ben Cooper are expected to channelize the team towards a good end.

The fourth match of ICC T20 MEN’S WORLD CUP will take place in between Sri Lanka and Namibia. Despite being a powerful pact, Sri Lanka in the ICC T20 MEN’S WORLD CUP 2016 could not bag a notable position. The withdrawal of a number of influential players caused the team to leave the tournament with only one win against Afghanistan.

On the other hand Namibia will be seen putting up a tough fight in this year’s tournament after a huge gap of eighteen years. In 2003, Erasmus’ team played in the ICC T20 MEN’S WORLD CUP for the last time and after encountering a massive defeat, the team went to hibernation for a long time. Although, according to most people the new generation of Namibian players are sufficiently capable of putting up a strong battle against the opponent, but how well they will perform in the tournament still remains a question.