One of probably the most glorious features of any World Cup, in any recreation, is the 'disappointed' victory. Remember when North Korea surprised Italy in the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England? Or Cameroon bowled over Argentina in the first fit of the 1990 version?
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The cricket World Cup too has observed its share of well-known upsets. Who can disregard Zimbabwe ground Australia in 1983? In reality, in the same tournament in England, that they had India struggling at 17/five ahead of Kapil Dev hit the now-legendary 175 to get his staff out of prison.
In 1996, Kenya left West Indies shell-shocked in Pune. With former India batsman Sandeep Patil as trainer, the African facet additionally went on to achieve the semifinals of the 2003 World Cup.
In that same tournament, Canada's John Davison blasted the then-fastest World Cup hundred, off just 67 balls, towards the West Indies. In 2007 in the Caribbean, on St. Patrick's Day, Ireland beat Pakistan, a result that was once adopted via the tragic dying of Pakistan trainer Bob Woolmer. Ireland fanatics love to recall how their staff effectively chased down 328 in Bangalore throughout the 2011 World Cup to embarrass England.
One feels for Scotland, whose 2019 World Cup hopes had been hit for 6 via a dodgy LBW choice when they had been on track to overcome West Indies in Harare. Three months later, they smashed 371 to overcome England - World Cup hosts and the sector's top-ranked ODI staff.
Will the 2019 World Cup be remembered for the bark and chew of the underdog? With Afghanistan making improvements to via the day, perhaps one can pin hopes on them to create an disappointed or two.
However, the ICC's choice to restrict the World Cup to only 10 groups for the instant may just rob the event of this crucial part of a global championship. Former India batsman Sandeep Patil, who coached Kenya to the semis in the 2003 World Cup, defended the ICC, saying, "You can only include more teams as long as the tournament doesn't lose competitiveness. The ICC did give chances to the associate nations, but the performance and the progress shown by these teams isn't up to the mark. Maybe that is what prompted them to take this call," Patil told TOI.
Citing the instance of Kenya, he mentioned, "Kenya did nothing after 2003. The infrastructure, which is so necessary for a team to do well and produce players, was missing. Their cricket authorities completely mishandled things. You can't have Odumbes and Tikolos playing World Cups again and again. Maybe a similar thing has happened in the case of Ireland and Holland. Zimbabwe are also struggling. However, if you see Afghanistan, they have taken positive steps after being given a chance."
But the question stays. With just 10 groups jousting for supremacy, the 'global' is lacking from the World Cup. The choice, taken via the ICC at a time when the sector body was once being run via India, England and Australia, serves as a deficient advertisement for a recreation that is now hanging up its hand for participation in the Olympics.
In the previous, the World Cup served as a huge stage of publicity for affiliate international locations like Holland, Scotland, Nepal, UAE and Hong Kong. Even until the 2015 World Cup Down Under, 14 groups had been allowed to take part. The flip facet, after all, is that too many groups supposed a couple of meaningless games and an unnecessarily long tournament. Ironically, two of probably the most affected groups - Zimbabwe and Ireland - can be locked in a chain which will end on July 14, the day of the World Cup ultimate. This will be the first Cup that Zimbabwe will leave out since 1979. Playing as East Africa, they had been a part of the inaugural version in 1975 too.
The African staff, then again, has discovered a great way to 'distract' itself from the disappointment of lacking out. In June-July, they'll be touring Holland, after which Ireland.
"It's a big loss to Zimbabwe cricket. I know many players in my team who were looking forward to playing in the World Cup, but we're left disheartened after we failed to qualify," mentioned former India opener Lalchand Rajput, who is now training Zimbabwe.
"It's over a year since the qualifiers, and while we were disappointed at the time, to still be thinking about it a year later wouldn't be very constructive," former Ireland skipper Kevin O'Brien, who blasted 100 off just 50 balls - the fastest World Cup hundred ever - to assist Ireland turn the tables on England in the 2011 World Cup, told IdealNews from Dublin. Incidentally, just remaining Sunday, Ireland skittled Afghanistan out for a paltry 138.
During the recently-concluded IPL, Nepalese leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane had overtly criticized the ICC's choice. "Sorry to say but a 10-team World Cup will hurt a lot of players like me, who will not be a part of it. I think there should be 14-16 teams in the World Cup."
Few amongst the affiliate international locations will disagree with him. Unfortunately, even the next World Cup in India will characteristic handiest 10 groups.
However, every darkish cloud has a silver lining. The round-robin format, being offered for the first time after the 1992 World Cup Down Under, is set to create a hyper-competitive event. No staff can now take any opponent without any consideration, nor can they stay up for games through which they may be able to 'chill out' a little bit.
To make the semis, a staff will have to win no less than six or seven games out of nine. That would require consistency. "You have an off day and you are gone," India trainer Ravi Shastri recently mentioned. Taking a cue from Pakistan's well-known triumph in the 1992 World Cup, a staff has to hit height shape from the remaining four stage, if it harbours hopes of going the entire way in England.
Sri Lankan nice Kumar Sangakarra hit the nail at the head when he mentioned, "This will possibly be the most competitive World Cup of all time."
ICC WORLD CUP 2019 SCHEDULE
The cricket World Cup too has observed its share of well-known upsets. Who can disregard Zimbabwe ground Australia in 1983? In reality, in the same tournament in England, that they had India struggling at 17/five ahead of Kapil Dev hit the now-legendary 175 to get his staff out of prison.
In 1996, Kenya left West Indies shell-shocked in Pune. With former India batsman Sandeep Patil as trainer, the African facet additionally went on to achieve the semifinals of the 2003 World Cup.
In that same tournament, Canada's John Davison blasted the then-fastest World Cup hundred, off just 67 balls, towards the West Indies. In 2007 in the Caribbean, on St. Patrick's Day, Ireland beat Pakistan, a result that was once adopted via the tragic dying of Pakistan trainer Bob Woolmer. Ireland fanatics love to recall how their staff effectively chased down 328 in Bangalore throughout the 2011 World Cup to embarrass England.
One feels for Scotland, whose 2019 World Cup hopes had been hit for 6 via a dodgy LBW choice when they had been on track to overcome West Indies in Harare. Three months later, they smashed 371 to overcome England - World Cup hosts and the sector's top-ranked ODI staff.
Will the 2019 World Cup be remembered for the bark and chew of the underdog? With Afghanistan making improvements to via the day, perhaps one can pin hopes on them to create an disappointed or two.
However, the ICC's choice to restrict the World Cup to only 10 groups for the instant may just rob the event of this crucial part of a global championship. Former India batsman Sandeep Patil, who coached Kenya to the semis in the 2003 World Cup, defended the ICC, saying, "You can only include more teams as long as the tournament doesn't lose competitiveness. The ICC did give chances to the associate nations, but the performance and the progress shown by these teams isn't up to the mark. Maybe that is what prompted them to take this call," Patil told TOI.
Citing the instance of Kenya, he mentioned, "Kenya did nothing after 2003. The infrastructure, which is so necessary for a team to do well and produce players, was missing. Their cricket authorities completely mishandled things. You can't have Odumbes and Tikolos playing World Cups again and again. Maybe a similar thing has happened in the case of Ireland and Holland. Zimbabwe are also struggling. However, if you see Afghanistan, they have taken positive steps after being given a chance."
But the question stays. With just 10 groups jousting for supremacy, the 'global' is lacking from the World Cup. The choice, taken via the ICC at a time when the sector body was once being run via India, England and Australia, serves as a deficient advertisement for a recreation that is now hanging up its hand for participation in the Olympics.
In the previous, the World Cup served as a huge stage of publicity for affiliate international locations like Holland, Scotland, Nepal, UAE and Hong Kong. Even until the 2015 World Cup Down Under, 14 groups had been allowed to take part. The flip facet, after all, is that too many groups supposed a couple of meaningless games and an unnecessarily long tournament. Ironically, two of probably the most affected groups - Zimbabwe and Ireland - can be locked in a chain which will end on July 14, the day of the World Cup ultimate. This will be the first Cup that Zimbabwe will leave out since 1979. Playing as East Africa, they had been a part of the inaugural version in 1975 too.
The African staff, then again, has discovered a great way to 'distract' itself from the disappointment of lacking out. In June-July, they'll be touring Holland, after which Ireland.
"It's a big loss to Zimbabwe cricket. I know many players in my team who were looking forward to playing in the World Cup, but we're left disheartened after we failed to qualify," mentioned former India opener Lalchand Rajput, who is now training Zimbabwe.
"It's over a year since the qualifiers, and while we were disappointed at the time, to still be thinking about it a year later wouldn't be very constructive," former Ireland skipper Kevin O'Brien, who blasted 100 off just 50 balls - the fastest World Cup hundred ever - to assist Ireland turn the tables on England in the 2011 World Cup, told IdealNews from Dublin. Incidentally, just remaining Sunday, Ireland skittled Afghanistan out for a paltry 138.
During the recently-concluded IPL, Nepalese leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane had overtly criticized the ICC's choice. "Sorry to say but a 10-team World Cup will hurt a lot of players like me, who will not be a part of it. I think there should be 14-16 teams in the World Cup."
Few amongst the affiliate international locations will disagree with him. Unfortunately, even the next World Cup in India will characteristic handiest 10 groups.
However, every darkish cloud has a silver lining. The round-robin format, being offered for the first time after the 1992 World Cup Down Under, is set to create a hyper-competitive event. No staff can now take any opponent without any consideration, nor can they stay up for games through which they may be able to 'chill out' a little bit.
To make the semis, a staff will have to win no less than six or seven games out of nine. That would require consistency. "You have an off day and you are gone," India trainer Ravi Shastri recently mentioned. Taking a cue from Pakistan's well-known triumph in the 1992 World Cup, a staff has to hit height shape from the remaining four stage, if it harbours hopes of going the entire way in England.
Sri Lankan nice Kumar Sangakarra hit the nail at the head when he mentioned, "This will possibly be the most competitive World Cup of all time."
ICC World Cup 2019 may lack the big upset
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