6 Teams That Could Dominate International Cricket In 2022
The International Cricket Season will set off on September 2022. Cricket teams from Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and other countries will participate in it. The tournament for this year will include:
- 2022 Asia Cup
- 2022 Namibia Tri-Nation Series
- 2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series
- 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
The 2023 Nepal Tri-Nation Series, the 2023 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series, and the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup are the other tournaments scheduled for next year. Cricket fans and patrons who are into cricket betting are already keeping themselves updated for these events. And cricketers are already keeping tabs on their performance scores, especially their ICC rankings for Tests, ODIs, and T20.
Australia will be hosting the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. The 16 international teams will come to Australia and compete in 45 matches within the host cities declared by the ICC. The host cities are Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide, Melbourne, Geelong, and Perth.
A recap of the T20 World Cup in 2019 gave out the expected performance of dominating teams to watch out for in the 2022 competitions. The Australia Men’s National Cricket Team, sometimes called the ‘The Baggy Greens,’ will defend their championship title in November 2022.
Teams That Could Dominate The 2022 Matches
1. The Baggy Greens
The national cricket team of Australia, the Aussies, or the Baggy Greens, bagged the championship last November 14, 2021. Team Australia has already won 398 test matches and is currently at the top of the list of the ICC rankings.
The Aussies already won the Cricket World Cup in 2007. And last year, right-handed batsman Mitchell Marsh was even named the Player of the Match, scoring 77 runs that helped the national team win the World Cup again. And being the defending champions, they’ll be tough to beat.
2. The Black Caps
The New Zealand National Cricket Team, or the Black Caps, won the ICC World Test Championship games over India in 2021. The team already won 539 international matches and is now among the Top 10 teams in the ICC Rankings.
The team’s best players include Martin Guptill, one of those overall cricketers who scored a double century in one day. And right-hand batsman Ish Sodhi, who plays right-arm leg-spin, topped the T20 bowlers ranking in January 2018.
3. The Men In Blue
The India Men’s National Cricket Team, also called Team India or The Men in Blue, has already won major international matches. The team already brought home the Cricket World Cup, the ICC T20 World Cup, and the ICC Champions Trophy.
The team’s best cricketers are right-handed batsman Rohit Sharma, the right-handed all-rounder right arm off-break Ravichandran Ashwin, and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. They’re all on the top ranks, bringing Team India to Number 3 in the Cricket ICC Rankings.
4. The England Cricket Team
The England Cricket team is the Men’s Team of England and Wales. Players from Scotland and Ireland are also with them. Team England got the ODI, T20, and Test status. Their winning matches include the Cricket World Cup Championship and the T20 World Cup. They also brought home the World Test Championship in 2021.
Team England’s best include Test Captain Joe Root, bowler James Anderson and all-rounder Ben Stokes. They brought England to Number 4 in the recent Cricket ICC Rankings.
5. The Proteas
The South Africa National Cricket Team represents the men’s international cricket team of South Africa. The team already won 391 One Day Internationals, 171 Test, and 85 T20. They won the ICC Champions Trophy in 1988.
The Proteas have bowler and all-rounder Kagiso Rabada, a left-handed batsman and former Captain Quinton de Kock, and test captain, left-handed Dean Elgar. The team’s performances brought South Africa to the Top 5 of the ICC Rankings.
6. The Shaheens
Also called the Cornered Tigers or Men in Green, the Pakistan National Cricket Team are popularly known as the Shaheens. They’re a team to watch out for in 2022 with Team Captain Babar Azam and famed bowler Shaheen Afridi.
Afridi won Sir Garfield Sober’s Trophy for ICC’s Men Cricketer of the Year based on his top-rated performances highlighted during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021.
In A Nutshell
International cricketers, fans, and enthusiasts are already in great anticipation for the ICC Cricket Championships. Fighting their way to the championship may include Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.
These teams have their best players in all forms that may pull out more wickets and centuries and capture the championship title in 2022. The links here may give out more insights, not only to the public’s bets but the teams’ most recent game performances.