Direct qualifiers for
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2020 confirmed
The International Cricket Council today
confirmed the sides that have qualified directly for the ICC Men’s T20 World
Cup 2020 to be held in Australia, based on the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings as on 31 December
2018.
As per the qualification criteria set for the
tournament, Australia and the other nine top-ranked sides have ensured direct
qualification. The top eight make it straight to the Super 12s stage while the
remaining two will play in the group stage along with six other teams who will
make it through from the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier in 2019. Four teams from the
group stage will advance to the Super 12s. Of
the top 10 sides on the rankings table, top-ranked Pakistan, India, England,
Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, the Windies and Afghanistan will start
their campaign directly in in the Super 12s. Former champions and three-time
finalists Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will have to contend with the other six
qualifiers in the group stage of the tournament, which will be held from 18
October to 15 November 2020. Sri
Lanka captain Lasith Malinga was disappointed at 2014 champions not making it
to the Super 12s but was confident of the team doing well in the tournament
while Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan indicated that recent performances had
given them belief and they would prepare well for the challenge.
MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team
Rankings (as on 1 January 2019):
Rank
|
Team
|
Points
|
1
|
Pakistan
|
138
|
2
|
India
|
126
|
3
|
England
|
118
|
4
|
Australia
|
117
|
5
|
South
Africa
|
114
|
6
|
New
Zealand
|
112
|
7
|
Windies
|
101
|
8
|
Afghanistan
|
92
|
9
|
Sri
Lanka
|
87
|
10
|
Bangladesh
|
77
|
11
|
Scotland
|
62
|
12
|
Zimbabwe
|
55
|
13
|
UAE
|
50
|
14
|
Netherlands
|
50
|
15
|
Hong
Kong
|
42
|
16
|
Oman
|
39
|
17
|
Ireland
|
34
|
18
|
Nepal
|
26
|
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