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India are the only team to know their semi-final venue before the T20 World Cup 2024 starts on June 1. Here’s how the tournament schedule places them in an advantageous position.

India will enter the tournament with a burning desire to end their prolonged trophyless streak, having last won the Champions Trophy in 2013. They will begin their tournament opener on June 5 against Ireland. Their other games will be on June 12 (against the USA) and June 15, when they take on Canada.

Having won the inaugural edition in 2007, India, like always, will be one of the top contenders for the trophy. While they have announced a strong 15-member squad, ICC’s controversial scheduling offers them an edge.

The biggest-ever T20 World Cup

For the first time, 20 teams will take part in the competition, making it the biggest World Cup in this aspect. Unlike previous editions, a new format is in place for T20 World Cup 2024. The 20 sides are divided equally into four groups, with each having a seeding. They will play against each other once within the group in the first round.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super 8 stage, where the remaining teams are slotted into two groups of four teams each. It’s worth mentioning that Super 8 groups are not dependent upon where the teams will finish during the group stage, as they will retain their first-round seeding, making it an already predictable route.

For example, even if England finish second in Group B and Australia first, England will still retain the A1 slot for the Super 8 stage.

In case, one of the two top-seeded teams doesn’t qualify, the team replacing them will be allotted the slot the seeded team was supposed to be in. For instance, if Scotland qualify instead of England, then they would assume the schedule of A1, which is England, in the second round.

If both A1 and A2 fail to qualify, then the group winner would assume the schedule of A1 and the runners-up of A2.

Placed in order of their seedings, India and Pakistan from Group A, England and Australia from Group B, New Zealand and West Indies from Group C and South Africa and Sri Lanka certainly are the favourites to advance to the Super 8 stage. Group C’s Afghanistan and Group D’s Bangladesh might be the potential threats for a rejig to the list but that looks highly unlikely given both are yet to crack the code in the format. Bangladesh’s confidence has been dented further with a recent T20I series defeat against co-hosts USA.

Talking about the rest of the teams, an upset here and there could be possible, but it would take something extraordinary for them to secure a second-round berth.

India allotted Guyana semi-final on June 27

Arguably, the most contentious decision from the tournament is India being allotted the Guyana semi-final slot on June 27 if they qualify for the knockout stage.

“If India qualifies for the semi-finals, they will play in the second semi-final scheduled for Guyana on the 27 June 2024,” says ICC’s playing conditions for T20 World Cup 2024.

While it’s an open secret that the financial bearings of a major global event heavily depend on the Indian audience, whether from a broadcasting point of view or in-venue support, ICC’s preferential treatment didn’t go well among many.

India have been likely given the second semi-final in Providence, Guyana, due to the friendlier match timings (8:00 pm IST) for its domestic audience contrary to the other top-four clash, which is scheduled to start at 6:00 am IST. And the scheduling would possibly help the fans to plan their travel itinerary better, bringing in more crowd support.

From a tactical point of view, interestingly, India have picked four spinners in the squad – the leg-spin of Yuzvendra Chahal, two left-arm orthodox allrounders Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel and one left-arm wrist spinner in Kuldeep Yadav – hinting they expect the pitches to assist tweakers.

Since the semi-final will take place at 10:30 am local time, another factor that could work in India’s favour is the absence of dew, enabling their spin-heavy attack to grip the ball better.

It remains to be seen whether BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s assurance of India becoming the champions under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy turns out to be true.

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Explained: Why Most Of The T20 World Cup Is Already Mapped Out, Especially For India

India are the only team to know their semi-final venue before the T20 World Cup 2024 starts. Here’s how the schedule could benefit them.
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All this advantage will vanish if India has to face Australia in the world cup knockout stage.
 
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Of course. They are the richest and highest revenue generating Cricket board. They are well taken care of.
 
Practice game and a minnow game in New York before Pakistan game there who have no practice or actual game in New york.
 
India practices in New York, plays warm-up matches in New York, faces Ireland in New York, and then plays against Pakistan on June 9th in New York.

pakistan plays USA in dallas and then india in new york.
 
BouncerGuy said:
All this advantage will vanish if India has to face Australia in the world cup knockout stage.
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Actually, this has not been done with giving India an advantage. This has been done so the broadcasters can make money. Any and all ICC events have to be on prime time in India. If not, no money for broadcaster, no money to the ICC and consequently, not money for any of the boards!

Another reason, the fans can get their tickets without uncertainty.

The advantage to the team is just a by product. I don't think anyone cares if they win or not. As long as money is made.
 
emranabbas said:
India practices in New York, plays warm-up matches in New York, faces Ireland in New York, and then plays against Pakistan on June 9th in New York.

pakistan plays USA in dallas and then india in new york.
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More to do with size of Dallas stadium. It can house only 7000 people. For India crowd will be much larger. Even for warm up there were about 20000 people at NY. That is the reason why India plays all their matches at New york. THey have spent 30 million dollars to build that stadium. They pay $100000 for every match to the county. How will they recover without larger audience. These are financial reasons. None of the result matters anyway as their spots are already decided for second round regardless where they finish in their group.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
We won't qualify for semis. DOn't worry :) All this discussions will become moot.
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i think this time everyone can qualify. thats the beauty of having more teams
Sa,Nz,Eng,Aus,Wi,india,Sl, pakistan everyone is capable to qualify for semis it will be fun tourny
 
U$ofA said:
Actually, this has not been done with giving India an advantage. This has been done so the broadcasters can make money. Any and all ICC events have to be on prime time in India. If not, no money for broadcaster, no money to the ICC and consequently, not money for any of the boards!

Another reason, the fans can get their tickets without uncertainty.

The advantage to the team is just a by product. I don't think anyone cares if they win or not. As long as money is made.
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So India are practically doing charity for the unfortunate and underprivileged. :vk
 
How is no dew an advantage specifically for India?

India gets to play a warm up in NY because it was agreed upon by India and BD.

Nobody stopped Pakistan from going over there and playing a warm up to sus the conditions out .
 
JattMaula said:
So India are practically doing charity for the unfortunate and underprivileged. :vk
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That seems to be the situation. Where 90% of revenues come from one board, one country. A very imbalanced state of affairs. Something that needs to be changed.

That change has to come from ICC. At the same time, the other boards need to pull up their socks and step up. But sadly, that will not happen. Because that involves actually taking/making an effort, working to make things happen. We all know that all these people are currently very comfortable just sitting back and let the BCCI money fall into their laps.
 
U$ofA said:
That seems to be the situation. Where 90% of revenues come from one board, one country. A very imbalanced state of affairs. Something that needs to be changed.

That change has to come from ICC. At the same time, the other boards need to pull up their socks and step up. But sadly, that will not happen. Because that involves actually taking/making an effort, working to make things happen. We all know that all these people are currently very comfortable just sitting back and let the BCCI money fall into their laps.
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What effort, BCCI is just fortunate they have over a billion in population, a population that is sky rocketing to 2 billion in the next 40 years.

There’s going to be a point where BCCI will have to allocate seats on the roof of the stadium for the spectators.
 
Also, now that it’s Wisden reporting this, we shouldn’t be seeing our neighbours talking about “Pakistani conspiracies”.
 
No advantage for Ind. WC 2023 final showes you have to play better on the day ti win. That's been the case forever in cricket. All these are excuses. And this is just some masala content for the gullible masses. Guys should stop whining about these silly things.

Even otherwise- i don't believe ind deserves to qualify for sf. The article assumes ind is already playing the sf. Well ind if they qualify to groip stage - play aus nz sl. And jay shah is now assuring ind will win the t20wc- what a joke?? Like he did in 2023 odi WC??
 
YousafTheBeast said:
What effort, BCCI is just fortunate they have over a billion in population, a population that is sky rocketing to 2 billion in the next 40 years.

There’s going to be a point where BCCI will have to allocate seats on the roof of the stadium for the spectators.
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Off topic but ind population will still be only 1.6b in 2050 and starts reducing and is 1.5b in 2100. Pak population now is 225m, in 2050 it is 366m, in 2100 its 487m. That's some explosive population growth.

Pak even now should be the 2nd richest cricket board based on your analysis. Eng and aus boards are way richer than pcb with a tiny fraction of pak population and cricket not even their most popular game. That should tell you something. Psl had vacant stadiums for a few of their matches. Even bbl cpl matches are better attended
 
Playing in New york ( that too 4 games in a row) seems to have its own disadvantage based on this comment from Rahul Dravid. In contrast Dallas ground doesn't have such issues.


"the ground is a bit soft and spongy, guys could feel the effect on the hamstring and calves".
 
YousafTheBeast said:
What effort, BCCI is just fortunate they have over a billion in population, a population that is sky rocketing to 2 billion in the next 40 years.

There’s going to be a point where BCCI will have to allocate seats on the roof of the stadium for the spectators.
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The effort I am talking about is needed from the other side. The ICC and the rest of the boards that are happily kissing the BCCI's rear end.

Just having a huge population will do zilch. You need to have a thriving economy, people making good money, people having a good amount of disposable income. Enough disposable income to spend on multiple avenues of entertainment. That is when something can be marketed. Does India have this? Population with no money is just a dud.
 
many Indian soldiers have came to the rescue in this thread. LOL.

Lol who cares India doesn't have it in them to win the tournament. They are just not good enough.

Even though they are getting everything in the platter but they will still screw the things up. LOL.
 
Easy was 2023 WC.

It is all about finances now. Need the crowd pullers and NYC is it. Makes sense because if the Dallas 7K crowd was anything to go by, then the NYC stadium makes perfect sense.
 
U$ofA said:
The effort I am talking about is needed from the other side. The ICC and the rest of the boards that are happily kissing the BCCI's rear end.

Just having a huge population will do zilch. You need to have a thriving economy, people making good money, people having a good amount of disposable income. Enough disposable income to spend on multiple avenues of entertainment. That is when something can be marketed. Does India have this? Population with no money is just a dud.
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Then why does India have 600 millions in poverty and over 500 millions don't even have toilet in their homes. LOL.
 
followed said:
Then why does India have 600 millions in poverty and over 500 millions don't even have toilet in their homes. LOL.
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That is what bogles me. Yet the entire cricketing world relies on India for $$$$.
 
U$ofA said:
That is what bogles me. Yet the entire cricketing world relies on India for $$$$.
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Australia has population of 26 million, UK 66 million, Pakistan 235 million, Bangladesh 171 million. Australia is the 2nd richest cricket board in the world. UK 3rd richest. We shouldn't confuse between cricket administration and livelihood of general population. Cricket is popular in Bangladesh, Pakistan as much as it is in India. But Pakistan is unabel to tap into it. It is a fascinating story how BCCI got to this point. At one point in the 90s BCCI had to pay money to DOordasrhan to telecast and they were running at a massive loss.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Australia has population of 26 million, UK 66 million, Pakistan 235 million, Bangladesh 171 million. Australia is the 2nd richest cricket board in the world. UK 3rd richest. We shouldn't confuse between cricket administration and livelihood of general population. Cricket is popular in Bangladesh, Pakistan as much as it is in India. But Pakistan is unabel to tap into it. It is a fascinating story how BCCI got to this point. At one point in the 90s BCCI had to pay money to DOordasrhan to telecast and they were running at a massive loss.
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Right. I am sure there has been a lot of work put into it for India to be where they are. Given what you are saying, it has been a 30+ year journey to the present.

But for some reason @followed thinks there is no effort (what effort?). Huge population, therefore $$$ flow.
 
U$ofA said:
Right. I am sure there has been a lot of work put into it for India to be where they are. Given what you are saying, it has been a 30+ year journey to the present.

But for some reason @followed thinks there is no effort (what effort?). Huge population, therefore $$$ flow.
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One of the biggest catalyst is none other than Sachin Tendulkar. India literally was riding on his back in the late 90s.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
One of the biggest catalyst is none other than Sachin Tendulkar. India literally was riding on his back in the late 90s.
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You had a lot of other good players in 1990s as well. Tendulkar was a superior batsman but you can’t discount out Azharudin, Sidhu, Kumble, Srinath and for a period Prasad. Kumble, Sidhu and Azhardudin orchestrated many home wins. Then in 1996 David and Ganguly emerged as well.
 
cricketmania22 said:
You had a lot of other good players in 1990s as well. Tendulkar was a superior batsman but you can’t discount out Azharudin, Sidhu, Kumble, Srinath and for a period Prasad. Kumble, Sidhu and Azhardudin orchestrated many home wins. Then in 1996 David and Ganguly emerged as well.
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You are talking about cricketing aspect. I am talking about economy. He was the one who opened teh pandora's box which enabled BCCI to become a cash cow. He inadvertently became a pioneer when he was signed up for 100 crore deal by World Tel.
 
If population is benchmark of success then Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Brazil should mop up the medal floor.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
What effort, BCCI is just fortunate they have over a billion in population, a population that is sky rocketing to 2 billion in the next 40 years.

There’s going to be a point where BCCI will have to allocate seats on the roof of the stadium for the spectators.
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You realise that Pakistan is the nation expected to double their population in the future, not India?
 
Think the lessons on population growth etc has been excellent

The next post should be on topic.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Of course. They are the richest and highest revenue generating Cricket board. They are well taken care of.
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I mean pcb is the 4th highest and NZ is the poorest. Logically PCB should be well > Teams like sa or NZ but when we beat nz or sa it's mostly considered an upset.

Logically Pakistan has a bigger population hence more talent pool, their own league, 4th richest board yet can't even paint a goddamn roof.

Bcci may be the richest but you have to factor in their population + their own politics while better then Pakistan isn't exactly perfect. Ranji trophy standards are great but IPL video game pitches + their constant overrealiance on playing till 40+ does hinder them alot.

Their still the 3rd strongest team of the tournament though.
 
[Reporter:]

Do you think it's been an advantage to India that they've always known that if they reach the semi-finals, it would be here in Guyana and also what do you make of the fact there's no reserve day for this semifinal in the event it does rain tomorrow?

[Rohit Sharma:]

I don't think it's an advantage - I mean a lot of these players have played in different types of venues. I'm sure a lot of these English cricketers have played in this venue. So, I don't see this as an advantage. At the end of the day, you've got to play good cricket to win a cricket game. That's how I look at it. And obviously, look, the overhead conditions is in nobody's control. We don't know what's going to happen. The only thing I'm worried is if the game goes on until pretty late, we have a charter flight. We might miss that flight, but that's OK. It's the ICC and the Cricket West Indies headache to get us to the next venue, but we'll focus on how we can play this game well and get the results in our favour. That's what we will be focusing on but yeah, at the end of the day two good cricket teams are going to play so it's going to be a great game.
 
They tend to have perks always. A bit unfair on other teams (particularly top teams).

This is why I compare India to heel Triple H from late-90's or early-2000's. Triple H used to get assistance from Vince McMahon (ICC).
 
Mockery of sports , pathetic does this happen in FIFA WC that if a certain team reaches knockout then they will play at specific venue, what next SF will start at whatever time India will take field
 
There is no advantage. You still have to see the pitch and select teams. May be bit more convenience. Otherwise not much. Besides i am sure all boards agreed to it. THink about India. They have to play every game under the sun. No day night game because of commercial reasons. Not just the other teams are impacted. India as a team is also impacted because of that. If i am right world t20, 2022 earned 30 million less than 2021 world t20, Not sure how much they will earn this time. They cannot lose more revenue because of lack of viewers as the stadiums were largely empty in some of the neutral matches. Very much like 2022 world T20.
 
FearlessRoar said:
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India are the only team to know their semi-final venue before the T20 World Cup 2024 starts on June 1. Here’s how the tournament schedule places them in an advantageous position.

India will enter the tournament with a burning desire to end their prolonged trophyless streak, having last won the Champions Trophy in 2013. They will begin their tournament opener on June 5 against Ireland. Their other games will be on June 12 (against the USA) and June 15, when they take on Canada.

Having won the inaugural edition in 2007, India, like always, will be one of the top contenders for the trophy. While they have announced a strong 15-member squad, ICC’s controversial scheduling offers them an edge.

The biggest-ever T20 World Cup

For the first time, 20 teams will take part in the competition, making it the biggest World Cup in this aspect. Unlike previous editions, a new format is in place for T20 World Cup 2024. The 20 sides are divided equally into four groups, with each having a seeding. They will play against each other once within the group in the first round.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super 8 stage, where the remaining teams are slotted into two groups of four teams each. It’s worth mentioning that Super 8 groups are not dependent upon where the teams will finish during the group stage, as they will retain their first-round seeding, making it an already predictable route.

For example, even if England finish second in Group B and Australia first, England will still retain the A1 slot for the Super 8 stage.

In case, one of the two top-seeded teams doesn’t qualify, the team replacing them will be allotted the slot the seeded team was supposed to be in. For instance, if Scotland qualify instead of England, then they would assume the schedule of A1, which is England, in the second round.

If both A1 and A2 fail to qualify, then the group winner would assume the schedule of A1 and the runners-up of A2.

Placed in order of their seedings, India and Pakistan from Group A, England and Australia from Group B, New Zealand and West Indies from Group C and South Africa and Sri Lanka certainly are the favourites to advance to the Super 8 stage. Group C’s Afghanistan and Group D’s Bangladesh might be the potential threats for a rejig to the list but that looks highly unlikely given both are yet to crack the code in the format. Bangladesh’s confidence has been dented further with a recent T20I series defeat against co-hosts USA.

Talking about the rest of the teams, an upset here and there could be possible, but it would take something extraordinary for them to secure a second-round berth.

India allotted Guyana semi-final on June 27

Arguably, the most contentious decision from the tournament is India being allotted the Guyana semi-final slot on June 27 if they qualify for the knockout stage.

“If India qualifies for the semi-finals, they will play in the second semi-final scheduled for Guyana on the 27 June 2024,” says ICC’s playing conditions for T20 World Cup 2024.

While it’s an open secret that the financial bearings of a major global event heavily depend on the Indian audience, whether from a broadcasting point of view or in-venue support, ICC’s preferential treatment didn’t go well among many.

India have been likely given the second semi-final in Providence, Guyana, due to the friendlier match timings (8:00 pm IST) for its domestic audience contrary to the other top-four clash, which is scheduled to start at 6:00 am IST. And the scheduling would possibly help the fans to plan their travel itinerary better, bringing in more crowd support.

From a tactical point of view, interestingly, India have picked four spinners in the squad – the leg-spin of Yuzvendra Chahal, two left-arm orthodox allrounders Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel and one left-arm wrist spinner in Kuldeep Yadav – hinting they expect the pitches to assist tweakers.

Since the semi-final will take place at 10:30 am local time, another factor that could work in India’s favour is the absence of dew, enabling their spin-heavy attack to grip the ball better.

It remains to be seen whether BCCI secretary Jay Shah’s assurance of India becoming the champions under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy turns out to be true.

wisden.com

Explained: Why Most Of The T20 World Cup Is Already Mapped Out, Especially For India

India are the only team to know their semi-final venue before the T20 World Cup 2024 starts. Here’s how the schedule could benefit them.
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What dew? Have you seen dew in this world cup?
 
No, just knowing where you are going to play semi's give no advantage to a team. India still had to win all the games and get into the semis and have to win 2 games to win the title. Advantage would be if India had to skip group stages altogether and played Super 8s directly. Knowing a venue ahead of time and no rain day is not an advantage. No one asked England to drop 2 games leading into the semi-final and if winning all the games is an advantage, so be it. If England had won all the games and India had dropped couple of games in the lead up to the semis with no rain day, the former would have been at the advantage. For all we know there may not be any stoppage and a full game might happen, these are all speculations. They are still playing in Guyana right? How many games have India played there in this tournament? How is it an advantage? Advantage would be if suddenly India's game was shifted to Mumbai.
 
All made up advantages, in no other universe would anyone label these as advantage if India wasn't one semifinalist.

As for prime time slot, that's what happens everywhere. Federer, Nadal, Djokovic.. they get such favorable slots because they bring money by being that good. Some Aisam Qureshi whining about it will never be taken seriously, no one cares.

So brothers, point is, you can't run your Cricket like a clown-show and expect similar perks.
 
I don't think there was any special advantage to India this time. Yeah schedule was somewhat easy for them and they always knew the places they were going to play in knockout games but that was no real advantage, You still have to bring your A-game on a particular day to win.
 
BouncerGuy said:
I don't think there was any special advantage to India this time. Yeah schedule was somewhat easy for them and they always knew the places they were going to play in knockout games but that was no real advantage, You still have to bring your A-game on a particular day to win.
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Our fragile batting was exposed to bowler-friendly pitches. Why has Kohli looked hopeless so far.

Tweaking timings to net max revenue is common in sport and if someone's gonna cry about it, I'll be happy to row down that river and hum him a tune while at it :dhoni
 
They don't have any advantage, people just can't admit that they play well.

They only had an advantage in 2023 wc, where they were allowed to choose the pitch for their games. Any other cup that's happened where they reached semi's or final like 2022 wc or 2017 ct or 2019 wc was all on merit and hard work.

They are a world class team even of some of their players are batting dead weights like jadeja
 
Devadwal said:
Vaughan and England fans are salty .

This semifinals fix before the tournament ( with no reserve day) .they know the all the possibilities already .

If they are topper of the group then they would have not complaint .
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And they forget the weather in their own country, which made Pakistan eliminated in WC '19.
 
Michael Vaughan said in a Podcast:

"They [India] get to play whenever they want. They get to know exactly where their semi-final will be. They play every single game in the morning so people can watch them at night in India on TV.

"I get that. I get that money is a big play in the world of cricket. And I get that in bilateral series, but you would think that when you get to a World Cup, the ICC should be a little bit fairer to everybody. It shouldn't be just India just because they bring a few quid in.

"As I said, bilateral, I completely understand it. But when you get to a World Cup, there cannot be any kind of sympathy or any kind of sway towards one team in the tournament. And this tournament is purely set up for India, simple as that."
 
FearlessRoar said:
Michael Vaughan said in a Podcast:

"They [India] get to play whenever they want. They get to know exactly where their semi-final will be. They play every single game in the morning so people can watch them at night in India on TV.

"I get that. I get that money is a big play in the world of cricket. And I get that in bilateral series, but you would think that when you get to a World Cup, the ICC should be a little bit fairer to everybody. It shouldn't be just India just because they bring a few quid in.

"As I said, bilateral, I completely understand it. But when you get to a World Cup, there cannot be any kind of sympathy or any kind of sway towards one team in the tournament. And this tournament is purely set up for India, simple as that."
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While talking to a sports media outlet, Sanjay Manjrekar was asked if India had a clear advantage knowing the venue for their T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final in advance:

"Clear advantage."

"Rohit has to say that. He can't say it was an advantage. India would've picked their side based on it. India's problem has been semis and finals and when you know you're playing in Guyana, if you've been wondering why they've got four spinners in their squad, this could be the reason."
 
To some extent yes... pitches suit Indian players more as they are slow with low bounce similar to subcontinental ones. So yeah india benefits the most from playing on such wickets.
 
India had known in advance that World Test Championship will happen in London. Both the times India lost the final. What is this new found logic to diminish the performance of Indian team in this team?
 
FearlessRoar said:
Michael Vaughan said in a Podcast:

"They [India] get to play whenever they want. They get to know exactly where their semi-final will be. They play every single game in the morning so people can watch them at night in India on TV.

"I get that. I get that money is a big play in the world of cricket. And I get that in bilateral series, but you would think that when you get to a World Cup, the ICC should be a little bit fairer to everybody. It shouldn't be just India just because they bring a few quid in.

"As I said, bilateral, I completely understand it. But when you get to a World Cup, there cannot be any kind of sympathy or any kind of sway towards one team in the tournament. And this tournament is purely set up for India, simple as that."
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Do these people have no shame? I mean bloody hell Eng held the WC at home for a small matter of 5 times .... thrice in a row and the World Test Championship twice already!! Vaughan should be the absolutely last guy on gods green Earth to cry about scheduling and home advantage.
 
FearlessRoar said:
While talking to a sports media outlet, Sanjay Manjrekar was asked if India had a clear advantage knowing the venue for their T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final in advance:

"Clear advantage."

"Rohit has to say that. He can't say it was an advantage. India would've picked their side based on it. India's problem has been semis and finals and when you know you're playing in Guyana, if you've been wondering why they've got four spinners in their squad, this could be the reason."
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Manju just had to butt in, no matter what the discussion is.

Joke of an 'expert'.
 
2010 WC T20 played in West Indies ..at that time also India’s matches were telecast at 8 pm IST. No allegations were made at that time as India lost in super six stage…. This time India reached the final so the allegations made.

If India’s matches played at daytime, then how only India got advantage? Opposition were also having advantage why they not won ? Because India outplayed all opponents in all departments I.e. batting, bowling and fielding.

Currently India is No.1 team in ICC T20 team rankings and they justified their position by reaching final. Team India is really Number 1 team, not lumber 1
 
FearlessRoar said:
While talking to a sports media outlet, Sanjay Manjrekar was asked if India had a clear advantage knowing the venue for their T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final in advance:

"Clear advantage."

"Rohit has to say that. He can't say it was an advantage. India would've picked their side based on it. India's problem has been semis and finals and when you know you're playing in Guyana, if you've been wondering why they've got four spinners in their squad, this could be the reason."
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Manjrekar is as usual making controversial statements bereft of logic to insert himself in the conversation.

India knew that the WC Final will happen in Ahmedabad. It did not help much. Now India knew the SF will be in Guyana. Suddenly this time it seemed to help India to win the game. I don’t see any logic in what Manjrejar is trying to prove.
 
Pitches are naturally slow and low, it does not mean that India is favored. Not every time India wins and it is because they are being favored too much. Gotta give them credit for how they performed.
 
Whenever India lost in any tournaments, they finding reasons for their loss and resolved the same accordingly. They will not blame other teams, weather, pitches for their loss….. this is why they are Number 1 in ICC rankings
 
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