Match Facts: Australia V India

Glenn Maxwell’s big-hitting will be up against Amit Mishra’s leg-spin, which has been a revelation in the T20 tournament

India has been in top form in this tournament and has fired on all cylinders so far. Having already qualified for the T20 semi-finals – the first team to do so – India will look to keep its winning streak intact and head into the knockouts with confidence.

ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2014 VENUES

As a cricket fan, the recent turns of events have been more of bafflement rather than disappointment to me. The Bangladesh Cricket Board  (BCB) is dealing with issues like election and Dhaka Premier League in a naive way. There are some unresolved issues regarding T20 venues. We already have some world class venues in Chittagong, Khulna and Fatullah

ICC wants two more dressing rooms for t20 world cup 2014

International Cricket council (ICC) has demanded two more dressing rooms in Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ahead of the Icc T20 World Cup 2014.

An International Cricket council (ICC) delegation comprising its events manager Chris Tetley, tournament co-ordinator Dhiraj Malhotra, stadium consultant Van Vuuren Eugene and pitch expert Andy Atkinson arrived at Dhaka on Friday for a final inspection of the country’s World Cup venues.

This delegation, headed by Tetley, inspected the national cricket ground in Mirpur on Saturday.

There will be two matches each day in this stadium  So 2 dressing rooms won’t be sufficient for that. So, we need 2 more, Tetley said after the inspection.

ICC Declares T20 World Cup 2014 Qualifiers Schedule

International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule for T20 world cup 2014 qualifiers. There will be sixteen teams to play against each other to get their place in remaining 6 slots for next year’s icc world t20 tournament in Bangladesh. World T20 qualifiers round will be held from 15th November to 30th November 2013 in UAE.

This is 3rd occasion when United Arab Emirates are organizing this event. Last time UAE hosted world t20 qualifiers in 2012 where Ire Land and Afghanistan secured their position for twenty20 world cup 2012 in Sri Lanka. In 2010 UAE also organized this tournament successfully.

ICC likely to deliberate on venues for T20 World Cup 2014

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to deliberate on the venues for next year's Twenty20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Bangladesh, during the governing body's annual conference.

This tournament is scheduled to be organised between March 16 and April 6 in Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has recently raised concerns over the delay in setting up proper infrastructure to meet the original deadline set by the ICC.

Bangladesh Cricket Bord (BCB) President Nazmul Hasan has already expressed his displeasure over the slow work at two of the four venues, and is likely to address the ICC board on this matter.

India offers to host Icc T20 World Cup 2014 if Bangladesh fails deadline

According to the Hindustan Times published that they India offered to host the Icc T20 World Cup 2014 Tournament if the hosts Bangladesh fail to get the venues ready before the timeframe set by the ICC.

Jagmohan Dalmiya said that the interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) has said to have given the offer to the ICC.

Dalmiya, who returned after attending the International Cricket Council (ICC) annual conference in London on Wednesday, said, “We have given a guarantee that if need be, we will help them by having stand-by venues”.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will do the inspection of the pitches in September 2013.

Dalmiya said that in a statement, Four venues — Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Mirpur and Sylhet — are doubtful for next year’s T20 World Cup.

ICC T20 World Cup 2014 Schedule

Cricket have evolved so much in the last decade and with the introduction of T20 cricket fans get to watch fast paced matches of highest standards more frequently than the past. The next edition of the T20 World Cup will held in Bangladesh and there are some major changes in the formate of the most exciting cricket event in this world, we will discuss at length of next world cup which will held in and around March – April in 2014.

International Cricket Council confirms Bangladesh to host T20 World Cup 2014

There have been a lot of confusions regarding whether Bangladesh will be the hosts of T20 world Cup 2014 or not. This misunderstandings are finally over and it is now confirm that that Bangladesh will be the sole host for this tournament. The decision was made certain during the Annual General meeting for ICC last week  where the BCB president Nazmul Hasan was present. In this meeting, the president was able to convince ICC that the venues will be fully ready before the start of the World Cup.

History of T20 World Cup

ICC T20  World Cup 2014 can be described as the international championship of Twenty20 cricket, which is commonly abridged as ICC T20 cricket. As the name suggests, the game is organized by ICC (International Cricket Council), this governing body of cricket in this world. The inaugural tournament of the ICC T20 World Cup was held in the year of 2007, in South Africa.

Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2007 stretched on from 11th September to 24th September, with India

ICC T20 World Cup 2014 to feature 16 teams from

The ICC Executive Board today decided to increase the number of teams in the biennial World T20 Championships from 12 to 16 for the editions commencing 2014.

During a weekend meeting here, this ICC Board received a report of the strategic discussions held at the Chief Executive’s Committee (CEC) in March and confirmed the “increase, from 2014 onwards, the number of teams participating in the ICC World T20 from 12 to 16 men’s teams.