Why are all group toppers of T20 World Cup 2026 seeded already into a single Super 8 bracket?

[DeadlyVenom]

The 2015 WC in Aus / NZ and the 1992 WC -- if NZ reached SF, they would be playing in NZ and if Aus reached SF, they would play in Aus.. Rigged?? Thats just the nature of WCs. You still have to play well to win a WC.

Ok but those were cohosted world cups no?

India got this special treatment in a tournament not hosted by them even aknowledged by Indian commentators. Subsequently dstroyed champions trophy and now we have an ugly world cup with teams missing and silly rigged draws as a result.

What part of this is difficult for a sports fan to question or think it's wrong? If it happened in US baseball or NFL you would be aghast. But here because cricket and Indians control of ICC becomes a source of national pride you will jump around trying to make excuses for administrative mishaps!

 

[The Bald Eagle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2024572863609458800

 

[Babeikh]

ICC idiots pre determined the groups. Honestly the most incompetent sporting governing body in the world with literally zero integrity.

 

[giri26]

Personally don't like this group system, i like the 1992, 2019, 2023 WC system where all teams are put in one pool and everyone has to face each other once and the top 4 teams square off in the semis. This gives every team a chance to overcome early set backs, slow starts and to recover in the middle of the tournament.

This group system effectively eliminates teams for having 1-2 bad days at the office.

That format can only happen if there are 10 or fewer teams. Here they have like 20 teams, so cannot have that format. May be they can have two groups of 10 each and top 2 from each group go to semis. That is a possibility but each team playing 19 games cannot happen. ICC probably should reduce the number of teams but again I am happy with the associate teams, they have given good account of themselves despite not playing against top teams regularly. I feel teams like Netherlands should be playing more international cricket.

 

[jnaveen1980]

That format can only happen if there are 10 or fewer teams. Here they have like 20 teams, so cannot have that format. May be they can have two groups of 10 each and top 2 from each group go to semis. That is a possibility but each team playing 19 games cannot happen. ICC probably should reduce the number of teams but again I am happy with the associate teams, they have given good account of themselves despite not playing against top teams regularly. I feel teams like Netherlands should be playing more international cricket.

It happens every 2 years. Look at how Nepal celebrated after a win. It is a massive deal for them. So 20 team is fine. I think main problem is pakistan not wanting to play in IndIA. That is why all the mess up.in CT teams were less. So it was easier

 

[Vikram1989]

It is rigged to ensure India play cerrtain matches in certain stadiums in certain days to maximise TV coverage

Aus was designed to play 22 T20 wc semis at Sydney as per rigged/ pre determined system. But pak vs nz happened.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Aus was designed to play 22 T20 wc semis at Sydney as per rigged/ pre determined system. But pak vs nz happened.

They just do extensive conspiracy research only in Indian schedule lol.

 

[Vikram1989]

They just do extensive conspiracy research only in Indian schedule lol.

I will say crying to hide their utter incompetency .Single ground advantage was shattered by Indian team led to another conspiracy.

 

[shah9425]

Put very simply this is correct.

And most fans would want it across sports.

Unfortunately it's difficult to have these conversations with Indians, their needle is stuck on things like ratings, Indian markets, Pakistan etc etc. Rather than want to hold ICC accountable and cricket made it into a proper sport they cheer this sort of nonsense on.

Which sports has a group where opening round fixtures are decided and next round can have the top teams in same group? It is a stunning display of poor administration. Unfortunately Indians will cheer it on because man in charge is nephew of their PM.

Not one has had decency to admit to this rigging, instead they say yeah we rigged but erm Pakistan can benefit too. What kind of arguments this is?

Exactly

I love FIFA WC drawss

Stop this rigged and ratings nonsense

 

[sweep_shot]

Exactly

I love FIFA WC drawss

Stop this rigged and ratings nonsense

FIFA is run by intelligent people.

ICC is run by low-IQ paindoos.

This is why football stays #1 while cricket remains a declining niche sport.

 

[sweep_shot]

Put very simply this is correct.

And most fans would want it across sports.

Unfortunately it's difficult to have these conversations with Indians, their needle is stuck on things like ratings, Indian markets, Pakistan etc etc. Rather than want to hold ICC accountable and cricket made it into a proper sport they cheer this sort of nonsense on.

Which sports has a group where opening round fixtures are decided and next round can have the top teams in same group? It is a stunning display of poor administration. Unfortunately Indians will cheer it on because man in charge is nephew of their PM.

Not one has had decency to admit to this rigging, instead they say yeah we rigged but erm Pakistan can benefit too. What kind of arguments this is?

Top post. Totally agree.

Indians do not believe in justice or fairness, unless they are on the receiving end. They can dish it out but can't take it.

 

[charlie007]

They made everything about India.

This is why I propose changing the name from World Cup to India Cup or Sanghi Cup. Why call it a World Cup?

Will Bangladesh participate in the Sanghi Cup if Mustafizur is back in the IPL?

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Because of BCCICC?

In FIFA WC, 2nd round teams are determined by how teams do in group stage. Cricket also used to have that.

Ever since BCCICC happened, groups are often blatantly rigged.

How exactly did BCCICC know in advance, that Zimbabwe would be topping their group and hence programmed it in such a way that zim would be in india's group in super 8's?

What combination of : India-SAF-Zim-Wi mixed with Pak-SL-NZ-Eng would satisfy you and the other saazish champs here, that the super 8 placings were not rigged?

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

India, South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies all went undefeated and topped their groups.

Yet ICC pre seeding ensured they all got grouped together in Super 8s

Whereas the other group gets all the runner ups

That’s strange and weird.

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Imagine for a moment, India lost one match in the group phase

- which means they would be the runner up in their group...

The Saazish jamaat here would be saying the same things they have said in these two pages so far as India would then be in the group of runner ups

Same old same old ....the whole tournament is rigged/sab kooch fixed hai would be on rinse/repeat/on loop

Absolute no difference if India topped its group or came runner up, irrespective of which Super 8 group

- When your mind and bone marrow are poisoned with the jee-haan-dee virus - you are anaesthesized and your power to rationalize or reason gets drowned, as on these pages.

 

[Hitman]

So, so, so satisfying to read this thread.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

So, so, so satisfying to read this thread.

If Aus had beat Zim , Aus would be in the group that India is in, which now has Zim.

What a karara thappad-epic face palm on the saazish gang's collective dials

 

[Champ_Pal]

Yup.

Indians would probably scream "racist", "white supremacist" etc.

Indians can dish it out but cry when they get it back.

Did BD reach Super 8?

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2024572863609458800

So logically speaking, isn't it harder to break out of a group that has toppers & make the semis?
Would it be easier to top your school's class or top the class in which the top 10 students of each school in ur city were your competitors?

 

[Hitman]

Funny some Pakistani and Bangladeshi fans are so insecure of India winning this tournament, they are already finding excuses in case India wins it. ​

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Oh my god, these losers are back.

There is nothing rigged in favour of India here, Pak is the team who got to play in one city and somehow Pak fans are convincing themselves that its India who rigged the match.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

I mean, India is in a group with table toppers but somehow its rigged in our favour?

 

[U$ofA]

Put very simply this is correct.

And most fans would want it across sports.

Unfortunately it's difficult to have these conversations with Indians, their needle is stuck on things like ratings, Indian markets, Pakistan etc etc. Rather than want to hold ICC accountable and cricket made it into a proper sport they cheer this sort of nonsense on.

Which sports has a group where opening round fixtures are decided and next round can have the top teams in same group? It is a stunning display of poor administration. Unfortunately Indians will cheer it on because man in charge is nephew of their PM.

Not one has had decency to admit to this rigging, instead they say yeah we rigged but erm Pakistan can benefit too. What kind of arguments this is?

All of this will likely stop soon. The current broadcasting rights end next year. At that point, I think the bidding will be a whole lot lower in terms of $$$. I am sure the broadcaster has had it with this as well. For different reasons.

The lower $$$ bid will also be accompanied with all kinds of clauses from the broadcaster to completely avoid what has transpired this WC.

All of this would free everyone from all the manipulations needed to get the broadcaster the opportunity to earn back their $$$. At that point no one running the show on any side would care.

Things tend to work out organically. Perhaps this will too.

 

[Devadwal]

I mean, India is in a group with table toppers but somehow its rigged in our favour?

They don't even know the meaning of rigged but whining and crying all the time.

Imagine the meltdown here if india win another ICC TOURNAMENT on 8th March.

 

[Mesozoic]

India keeps winning tournaments.


While the minnow Green duo keeps on whining and squealing like rats...


Tsk tsk...

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Everybody with a functioning brain can see everything is rigged in favor of India.

Low-IQ bhakts are unlikely to understand or acknowledge this, however.

Amazing how the Low-Iq Bhakts have the 'India Impact AI Summit 2026' seminar going on, with the creme-a-la-creme of the world wide corporate IT giants, the leading innovators and cutting edge technologists meeting, exchanging ideas, displaying products that will benefit mankind and talking about the the next step in IT which incident stands for Information Technology.....

As opposed to what happens when certain neighbours meet and exchange ideas as to how to to lessen the world's collective population by participating in their version of ' IT '- 'International Zero-rism....

 

[Devadwal]

South Africa looks like the most balanced side in this T20 World Cup. Scary batting line-up and quality pace bowling line-up. This is going to be our toughest test of the tournament.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

A couple of reasons. One - they want to maximize the probability of matches they see as high-value fixtures. i.e. India v Australia, India v South Africa. Two - it makes travel somewhat easier for fans. Especially if they are planning on travelling to both countries. The ironic thing is that Australia still got eliminated despite all this group fixing.

IMO, stuff like this needs to stop. Because it makes where a team finishes in their respective group completely meaningless. Finishing second is just as good as finishing first. And that really stands completely in opposition to the spirit a World Cup tournament like this one.

How exactly is where a team finishes in their resp groups meaningless and finishing second is just as good as finishing first, when in this format - the team finishing first in their group is in a different group from the team finishing second in their basic group?

How exactly was this in 'opposition of the spirit as WC as this one'?

So as per you and giving an example : - should India and Pak be in the same group of Super 8's even though India topped its group and pak was runner up?

Going by the current groups - what combo in two groups ie India- WI-SAF-Zim and Pak-NZ-Eng-Sl would ensure that 'the spirit of the WC was uplifted/held?'

Lastly, the way things stand, and the groupings in the super eights with the matches coming up -

Exactly,

- Which teams has benefitted the max, which teams got their due, Which teams were shafted?

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Last t20

if India qualify for semis they will play in guyana

This t20

If India qualify for semis they will play in wankhede

They know beforehand so pick the appropriate squad

Just give them the trophy these icc tournaments have become a joke.

So you are saying Becoz india knew they are playing in Wankhede, Mumbai they selected a team suitable for conditions in Wankhede, Mumbai , even before the tournament started, say a month before the tournament started.

And they did this in WC T20 2024 as they knew their Semi was in Guyana and hence they won the semi...what about their matches in USA and the super 6's in other countries and the finals in Barbados?

Did the though cross your mind that they still have to win 4 group games, and 3 super 8's games to qualify for the semi in Wankhede?

What if the team selected for Wankhede lost their group games because the conditions/pitch were different in Delhi/colombo/Ahmedabad/islas Malvinas/Vladivostok/Jhumritalaiya/the seventh ring of Jupiter/the dark side of the moon where they played their group matches and super eights?

And even if they got past the semi in Wankhede - what about the finals in either India or SL ?

the schedule is given well before the tournament starts, why ddidnt the remaining 17 teams in both WC's plan accordingly?

Await your answers, Cheers mate

 

[deltexas]

That's what I meant

Sorry, I'm like duh..!

 

[deltexas]

So you are saying Becoz india knew they are playing in Wankhede, Mumbai they selected a team suitable for conditions in Wankhede, Mumbai , even before the tournament started, say a month before the tournament started.

And they did this in WC T20 2024 as they knew their Semi was in Guyana and hence they won the semi...what about their matches in USA and the super 6's in other countries and the finals in Barbados?

Did the though cross your mind that they still have to win 4 group games, and 3 super 8's games to qualify for the semi in Wankhede?

What if the team selected for Wankhede lost their group games because the conditions/pitch were different in Delhi/colombo/Ahmedabad/islas Malvinas/Vladivostok/Jhumritalaiya/the seventh ring of Jupiter/the dark side of the moon where they played their group matches and super eights?

And even if they got past the semi in Wankhede - what about the finals in either India or SL ?

the schedule is given well before the tournament starts, why ddidnt the remaining 17 teams in both WC's plan accordingly?

Await your answers, Cheers mate

Logic is no their strongest suit. Pak played all its CT matches at home except the Ind game and they still crashed out. They play all thir T20 WC games in SL including the semifinals and final. Ind will travel to SL to play Pak. But but but Ind advantage Ind preferred blah blah. Blame everyone except their own teams incompetence. Classic. Like gov, like cricket team, like supporters

 

[jnaveen1980]

Did BD reach Super 8?

Let us not go there. After all they couldn't reach super 20.

 

[jnaveen1980]

South Africa looks like the most balanced side in this T20 World Cup. Scary batting line-up and quality pace bowling line-up. This is going to be our toughest test of the tournament.

SA plays SA20 and IPL. So they are far more equipped to handle various conditions. Flat pitch, fastpitch, bouncy pitch.

 

[Vikram1989]

Especially if they are planning on travelling to both countries.

In t20 wc 22, there was this irritating situation.Australia was predesignated to play their semis at Sydney. After Australia knocked , all desi fans thought india will play at scg as its bigger and pak at Adelaide. But in a bizarre fashion,quite a few Pak fans who brought the tickets earlier ended up going to Adelaide semis for India match and Indian fans for Sydney semis.Both set of fans were irritated and expressed strong disappointment. ICC thought pre designated seedings will help fans to plan better and make their travel easier for 24wc.

 

[Obaidd]

Repeat after me: Ind is by and large the biggest beneficiary of icc/acc’s manipulation of venues/formats/scheduling. Pak is also a beneficiary of these special treatments.

These artificial manipulations and favours add up and people from across the globe have rightly objected to it.

Ind and pak fans should oppose these special treatments because these come at the expense of other teams. These manipulations also dampen the shine on the trophies.

Fair minded fans reject this manipulation regardless of which team it benefits.

This shouldn’t be too hard for anyone to follow but I know majority of ind posters won’t get it.

 

[Cricfan8920]

Oh my god, these losers are back.

There is nothing rigged in favour of India here, Pak is the team who got to play in one city and somehow Pak fans are convincing themselves that its India who rigged the match.

Ind has pretty tough super 8 group. They would have SA, Aus (now ZIM) and WI in their group. How is this rigging? Not sure they will reach SF.

 

[BouncerGuy]

I think ICC is trying to keep India pak away from Super 9 or maybe semis.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Honestly Pakistan is in the relatively easier group.

In the subcontinent, England barely survives Nepal level teams. Then there is NZ whose batting would destroy Pakistan on Indian pitches but in Sri Lanka they can't do that to their 8 spinners. Then there is Sri Lanka which couldn't beat Zimbabwe, they're a voltile team.


India is facing South Africa which is a hot title contender.
West Indies, is a legacy T20 team, are a threat any given day.
Zimbabwe i concede is the team everyone would relish their chances against but they seem to be on a roll. Sometimes momentum is everything. You have a group loaded with 4 teams that haven't lost a game yet. They all feel invincible right now.

 

[Devadwal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025155736054235579

What is he high on? I want a little of that too.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Sunil Gavaskar speaking during an interview:

"Why bring this up now? Why was this not brought up before the start of the tournament? Those are the questions that need to be asked of the people who are raising these points now. The reason that I can think of, maybe the ICC can explain it better, is that the logistics, the tournament is being played in two countries."

"There's international travel, there's immigration, and there's customs, all those things to be taken care of. There is still the question of airline and hotel bookings; not every team travels with the same number of people. Some teams travel with a support staff team of 15, so maybe they need 35-40 rooms. Some teams may travel with 20-22 people altogether, so they may need fewer rooms. All these things need to be taken into account, and perhaps this is the reason why the pre-seeding took place."