ICC T20 World Cup 2016 Qualified Teams

As the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 venue details were announced by the BCCI, we also got our associate member qualified teams to play in the original event from the ICC T20 World Cup 2016 Qualified Teams.

The ICC World T20 2016 will be the second time when 16 teams compete for upcoming ICC T20 World cup trophy. The 10 full-time members automatically qualify for the World Cup and they will be joined by 6 qualified teams from associate members, who are playing a qualifying tournament in Scotland and Ireland.

The Qualifiers of T20 World Cup 2016 are being played in Ireland and Scotland from 6^th July to 26^th July 2016, which is qualifiers Schedule. It involved Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, Canada, Honk Kong, Jersey, Kenya, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Papua New Guinea, UAE and USA.

The top 6 qualifying teams from the qualifiers will progress to the first qualifying round of the 2016 Cricket World T20, where they will meet the 9^th and 10^th ranked full members Zimbabwe and Bangladesh for a chance to play in the super 10 stage.

From Group A, Ireland qualified directly for the World T20 and Hong Kong, Namibia and Papua New Guinea played playoffs.

While, from Group B, Scotland qualified for the World T20 and Netherlands, Afghanistan and Oman qualified for the playoffs.

In the resulting playoffs, Hong Kong defeated Afghanistan in a thrilling match to qualify for the ICC World T20 in India. Netherlands defeated Namibia; Afghanistan then beat Papua New Guinea and Oman defeated Namibia to get the ticket to India for 2016 T20 Cup.

First/Qualifier Round

Second/Super 10 Round

Here are some of the stats: runs scores & wickets taken in the World T20 Qualifiers before the semifinals and playoffs start.

Most Runs:

Most Wickets:

(All Stats updated till 22^nd July 2016)

Upcoming Matches:

Semi-final 1: Scotland v Hong Kong
Date: 25th July 2016
Venue: Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin, Ireland

Semi-final 2: Ireland v Netherlands
Date: 25th July 2016
Venue: Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin, Ireland

5th place playoff: Afghanistan v Oman
Date: 25th July 2016
Venue: Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin, Ireland

3rd place playoff: Loser of Semifinal 1 v loser of Semifinal 2
Date: 26th July 2016
Venue: Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin, Ireland

Final: Semifinal 1 winner v Semifinal 2 winner
Date: 25th July 2016
Venue: Malahide Cricket Club, Dublin, Ireland

All the matches will be Live telecast on Tv by Star Sports network in India.

Controversies:

There were some controversies also happening at the tournament. Four bowlers were suspended from bowling due to illegal actions. Netherland’s Ahsan Malik, Kenya’s James Ngoche, Honk Kong’s spinner Nizakat Khan and Namibia’s Jason Davidson. Ahsan Malik; however, was not allowed to take any further part in the tournament after his reporting and all of the four bowlers will have to undergo an independent assessment of their bowling actions.

Another bigger controversy happened when it was reported that the World T20 qualifier match played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong will be investigated by the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) of ICC for betting.

The ACSU happened to notice some unusual betting patterns and will talk to major betting firms to get more information.