Dream scenario for the 2026 T20 World Cup

[rickroll]

These would be my dream scenario for this T20 world cup. Yes, some of this may seem unrealistic due to team seedings and reputation but a fan can always dream/fantasize, can't he?

1. India lose either the game with WI or Zimbabwe and get knocked out.
2. Pakistan qualify for the semis and finals. (Not too greedy to wish for a Pakistan world cup win but that would be great of course)
3. Both one of the semis and the final are now in SL and not in India.
4. 1.4 Billion people silenced out of their dominance of ICC with their marquee event final now shifted out to SL. A small retribution for the ACC games in Pakistan shifted to UAE for India's benefit.

 

[IAJ]

In sha Allah, no. 2 and 3 come true.

I want Pakistan to win, but I don’t go around and hope for other teams to lose. I mean the matches where Pakistan are not involved in. Let’s win it like men, In Sha Allah.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Script looks exactly like the last Champions Trophy.

 

[Varun]

Amit and Jay don't care.

They got their Indo-Pak game.

Now they'll just go through the motions until next year.

 

[shah9425]

No 2 and 3 looks good

 

[mon858]

Okay with scrior, but add to this dropping of Babar, and continued dropping of Shaheen.

Possibly also dropping Faheem and Shadab.

 

[Energy]

It's the NRR really - and how bad the SA, Ind and WI can crush Zimbabwe.

 

[JaDed]

lol Jo Maza Pakistan ki jeet main nahi India ki haar main hai.. reminded me of unemployed Indian uncles of 90s

 

[Mesozoic]

Juicy thread with incredible bump potential...


Oh boy!!! We are in for a treat...

 

[pakfan54588]

Normal service will resume India will qualify while W.i along with pak will not make it to semis
Semifinal list
Group A
Sa
India
Group B
Nz
Eng

 

[Ab Fan]

I also dreamt that Shaheen will become another Wasim Akram and Naseem will become Waqar Younis.

 

[shokz1408]

Both India and Pakistan make the final. Pakistan beat India in the final.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

After seeing passion of associates and the way Zimbabweans celebrated it showed how nice and enjoyable cricket can be when it is non toxic.

Putting any national bias aside the dream scenario would be for them to go far in the tournament. A journey against all the odds.

The way their small band of travelling fans reacted to their qualification, and the way the Nepalese fans cheered on their fans was a reminder of what sport is all about.

Unfortunately the petty BCCI and Indians have reduced this beautiful game to the level where even schedules are a point of debate and rigged. Where political victories are won on a cricket pitch.

Did we play cricket growing up to try and influence schedules or to avenge the loss of military jets?
That's not the game we fell in love with. Let's not be Indians.

 

[ghalib kichlu]

I agree with most of the posters and il be honest I can’t wait to get India knocked out of the tournament
They do not own cricket and I’m sick of seeing their flag being waved around all over the place and their fans post such vile vitriolic abuse online and make this beautiful game seem so tribal and simplistic
Zimbabwe have proven the underdogs still matter in cricket and no one can tell us which games are important anymore and which ones aren’t

 

[sweep_shot]

After seeing passion of associates and the way Zimbabweans celebrated it showed how nice and enjoyable cricket can be when it is non toxic.

Putting any national bias aside the dream scenario would be for them to go far in the tournament. A journey against all the odds.

The way their small band of travelling fans reacted to their qualification, and the way the Nepalese fans cheered on their fans was a reminder of what sport is all about.

Unfortunately the petty BCCI and Indians have reduced this beautiful game to the level where even schedules are a point of debate and rigged. Where political victories are won on a cricket pitch.

Did we play cricket growing up to try and influence schedules or to avenge the loss of military jets?
That's not the game we fell in love with. Let's not be Indians.

Top post. Fully agree.

Indians have destroyed cricket with overcommercialization and pettiness.

 

[rickroll]

After seeing passion of associates and the way Zimbabweans celebrated it showed how nice and enjoyable cricket can be when it is non toxic.

Putting any national bias aside the dream scenario would be for them to go far in the tournament. A journey against all the odds.

The way their small band of travelling fans reacted to their qualification, and the way the Nepalese fans cheered on their fans was a reminder of what sport is all about.

Unfortunately the petty BCCI and Indians have reduced this beautiful game to the level where even schedules are a point of debate and rigged. Where political victories are won on a cricket pitch.

Did we play cricket growing up to try and influence schedules or to avenge the loss of military jets?
That's not the game we fell in love with. Let's not be Indians.

Man I agree with this. The only reason I want India to get knocked out is because they politicized the sport many of us watched as kids. Cricket to my siblings and I is special (even though it is barely followed among our friends or kids in the US) because we have special memories of watching these games with our Abbu, who was so passionate about the game that he would spend extra money to view it on TV or online in the US and have us kids sit together and watch with him. The 90s glory days of Pakistan being a true cricket force.

Seeing how BCCI has adopted+corrupted a sport this way creates a bitter after taste for folks like us.

 

[shaz619]

I also dreamt that Shaheen will become another Wasim Akram and Naseem will become Waqar Younis.

Both of those uloos are not in our XI now, do you even watch this sport, or just spend time exercising those skinny little fingers to try and exorcise all that foul stench

 

[corleone]

India's chances of not making it to the semis are greater than their chances of making it. They need to destroy Zimbabwe, WI and hope other results go their way.

India have been a solid tournament team for a while now, it was just a matter of time before they had a bad tournament. They're missing chase master Kohli and they've a few too many passengers in the team including SKY and Rinku.

Pakistan have a few talented individuals but for the most part we're a middling team. We don't have a single quality 140k+ bowler whereas India have 3 (Bumrah, Arshdeep & Suraj). We've not had a decent medium pace all rounder since Razzaq. India have Pandya and Dube. We're literally Farhan, Saim (bowling), Tariq or bust.

We need to bat first and then attack England with all of our spin options to stand any chance of winning. Our quicks with the exception of Mirza are cannon fodder for English bats.

 

[Mesozoic]

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Pak can still qualify and Indians journey can and tomorrow. We will know by tomorrow end same time

 

[Devadwal]

From "dream scenario " to "Can Pakistan still qualify for the semi-finals?", all within 24 hours.

Sports is a great leveller. Beautiful