The greatest cricket player of all time and most elegant cricketer, Brian Lara, has predicted four Twenty20 World Cup finals. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be co-hosted by the United States and the West Indies in 2024. Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has chosen his semifinal teams.
West Indies and India: Top Contenders for the Finals
Lara expressed confidence in the West Indies team’s performance, highlighting the group’s ability to function as a cohesive unit and their abundance of individual skills. He also mentioned India as one of the potential top-four opponents, even in light of the current controversy surrounding their team selection.
“The West Indies should be prosperous. They have several individual stars, and when they collaborate, they function well as a unit. India makes the top four despite having a very competitive lineup. A lot of the wrongs done in the past will be made up for in the final between West Indies and India. In 2007, India lost the second round, which caused great sorrow for us in the Caribbean. We don’t want that to happen again. India is playing against the side that should win the most. West Indies in the final,” according to Lara.
England and Afghanistan: Lara’s Picks for the Semifinals
Lara also hinted that the defending champions, England and Afghanistan, would go to the semifinals.
Opening Match: USA vs. Canada on June 1st
The competition will start on June 1st, pitting the co-hosts, the USA, against their neighbors, Canada.
Teams for the T20 World Cup in 2024
- Group A: Pakistan, India, Canada, Ireland, United States.
- Group B: England, Scotland, Australia, Namibia, Oman.
- Group C: West Indies, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea.
- Group D: South Africa, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
Total Teams for the T20 World Cup in 2024
After qualification, twenty teams have advanced to the T20 World Cup. Moreover, it’s unexpected that he overlooked South Africa, Australia, and Pakistan. In Melbourne in 2023, Pakistan and England faced off in the T20 World Cup final.
Before the upcoming T20 World Cup, Pakistan will play four T20 matches against England. It will be the toughest one for Pakistan. Because they did not yet confirm their T20 squad for upcoming tournament. Out of twenty teams, nineteen teams declare their squads for the tournament.
