8 teams qualified directly to the Super 12 round of the next T20 World Cup which will be played in Australia next year.
According to the latest ICC rankings, following 8 teams will enter the Super 12 round directly.
- Australia, England, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
West Indies’ loss to Australia on Saturday confirmed that they would finish 10th in the rankings.
This also means that Bangladesh will rise to 8th position in the rankings. Thus, they secured direct entry into the Super 12s of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.
West Indies entered the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 as the defending champions. However, they could only muster a solitary win out of five games, finishing fifth in Group 1 above Bangladesh.
Despite losing all of their five games in the Super 12, Bangladesh have secured direct qualification to the Super 12 stage of the next edition of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
Bangladesh’s recently won home series over Australia and New Zealand. These wins have done enough to ensure they rise to number 8 in the Men’s T20I rankings by the 15th of November. Thus, they will start directly in the Super 12s next year despite losing all of their games at the same stage in the ongoing competition.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, came into the T20 World Cup having to play the first round to secure a spot in the Super 12s. Three consecutive victories in the first round saw them make it through to the next stage.
However, with just two wins out of five in the Super 12, they could not make further progress. They finished fourth in Group 1 ahead of the West Indies and Bangladesh. This means that they would finish 9th in the Men’s T20I rankings as on November 15. Thus, they will have to play the First Round again in Australia next year.
Along with Sri Lanka and the West Indies, Namibia and Scotland will also play the first round of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022.
Sri Lanka missed the automatic qualification by a narrow margin, if Sri Lanka had another win during the group stages of the T20 world cup, they would have got the opportunity directly qualify for the tournament.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia will take place from 16 October – 13 November 2022 (NewsWire)