It has been announced that just 335 days after Australia has been announced WT20 2021 champions, countdown for next WT20 2022 announced, which is (although I have been critical off them) unfair to Australians that less than a year period, they are going to be in position where defending the title in their backyard would be taking place.
But
This is confusing for me as Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, England, South Africa, India,
Afghanistan and Bangladesh have already qualified for the 2022 Super 12s
stage of the tournament. Sri Lanka, West Indies, Namibia and Scotland
have qualified for the first round of the event but will need to win
their way through to the Super 12 stage against four other qualifiers, as Bangladesh couldn't manage to win a single game this year than how come West Indies need to play the round before Super-12 and Bangladesh would not be.
Time is Limited for Pakistan
Like we say in Urdu, we do not require much experimentation, instead we should be creating more bench strength and alternative players, because if I go through Australian think tank, they'll be finalizing their strategy against all teams they are expected to play, hence we require some surprise package for sure, which should be at the back of the head for our strategy masters.
Keeping multiple surprise packages
By surprise package I mean, untouched and/or unseen players whom they (the opposition) have not seen the name of, read Fakhar Zaman in 2017 CT, for which I have to admit Mickey Arthur was good at, and just like our management also said creating such a brand that opposition willing to play against us.
Starting with Official PCB Merchandise
This is a good initiative as current WT20 event saw people endorsing and wearing them on grounds and hence there was uniformity at grounds supporting and chanting for Pakistan, which it self sent a good message across the globe.
But planning and strategy making is the key
As games are only in Australia instead of usual shared hosts of NZ as well, hence most of the games would be played in accordance to Australian Time Zone which is according to the venues, +5 PKST means their evening games will start late morning or early noon Pakistan time, and hence just like any other day-night game, conditions will vary as we must not forgot the next world T20 is in Southern Hemisphere between October-November 2022, which during those period would be shifting from winters to summers, so it would be highly recommended to make note of this thing as well, because Middle East is well known territory for most of the Pakistani players but the same is as alien when it comes to Australia, hence getting acquainted with the conditions is the requirement.
List of hosts cities for ICC WT20 2022
The ICC announced on Tuesday that the 45 matches of the tournament will
also be played in Perth, Brisbane, Geelong and Hobart for the 2022 event
that begins on October 16, just 335 days after the 2021 World Cup was
won by Australia in Dubai on Sunday.
Knockouts and the finals
Seven cities will play host to the 2022 men's T20 World Cup in Australia
with the semi-finals to be held in Sydney and Adelaide ahead of the
final at the MCG under lights on November 13.
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