India’s wait to win any main ICC occasion continued even in 2023 regardless of enjoying their finest ever cricket at the Men’s World Cup. But they endured one dangerous day in the ultimate in opposition to Australia and the dream was shattered. Team India additionally competed in the T20 World Cup in Women’s cricket however the Harmanpeet Kaur-led facet could not transcend the semifinals, additionally dropping to Australia.
Having stated that, at the U19 stage, group India has been dominating over the years having received the trophy an enormous 5 occasions with the newest one coming in 2022. Interestingly, not many keep in mind that India received the inaugural U19 Women’s T20 World Cup in 2023 below Shafali Verma’s captaincy as they beat England in the ultimate. Nevertheless, India will get three extra possibilities to add trophies to their cupboard in 2024. Let us take a look:
U19 World Cup in South Africa
India colts will be defending their title at the U19 World Cup ranging from January 19 in South Africa. The event was earlier slated to occur in Sri Lanka however was later moved to the rainbow nation. Uday Saharan has been named the captain of the group whilst the facet could not make it to the ultimate of the U19 Asia Cup that occurred final month. India misplaced to Bangladesh in the semifinal. However, the boys in blue will be eager on defending the title. India is in group A alongside Bangladesh, Ireland and the USA and can play their first recreation on January 20.
Squad:Â Arshin Kulkarni, Adarsh Singh, Rudra Mayur Patel, Sachin Dhas, Priyanshu Moliya, Musheer Khan, Uday Saharan (c), Aravelly Avanish Rao (WK), Saumy Kumar Pandey (VC), Murugan Abhishek, Innesh Mahajan (wk), Dhanush Gowda, Aaradhya Shukla, Raj Limbani and Naman Tiwari
Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in West Indies and USA
The senior males’s group of India will as soon as once more be in focus in June this 12 months when the T20 World Cup is scheduled. It continues to be not solely clear if the senior gamers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will play the mega occasion. But the latter hinted at concentrating on the ‘subsequent final prize’ lately. However, the construct up to the event is just not splendid for the group as they’ve solely three T20Is left earlier than the World Cup (in opposition to Afghanistan at residence this month). Players will characteristic in the Indian Premier League (IPL) earlier than the mega occasion, and the squad is probably going to be picked on the foundation of performances in the cash-rich league.
Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Bangladesh
The senior Women’s group of India will even have an opportunity to win their maiden World Cup trophy in white-ball cricket this 12 months. The mega occasion in the shortest format is scheduled to happen in September-October and the Harmanpreet Kaur-led facet is build up in direction of the competitors. The Women in Blue, over the previous couple of years, have consistently made it to the semis of the World Cup however haven’t been able to cross the hurdle. They had certified for the ultimate in 2020 T20 World Cup however misplaced to Australia in the summit conflict. It stays to be seen if they’ll be able to create historical past this 12 months.
India has consistently carried out effectively at the U19 stage however the success has not translated to trophy at the senior throughout all the codecs. Will India, Men or Women, will be able to finish the 11-year ICC trophy drought at the worldwide stage? Only time will inform…
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