T20 World Cup Preview - Teams from Group A are in the Race of Super 12 Stage

Group A: Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Namibia

SRI LANKA – Ninth on the T20I rankings

Srilanka is also considered to be unpredictable Outside the top eight of the men’s T20I Team Rankings at the cut-off date, Sri Lanka has a tricky tournament path. They enter in Round 1 and need a top-two finish in their group to enter the Super 12 phase.

IRELAND – 12th

A mix of golden age mainstays and young talent, Ireland qualified for this year’s tournament by topping their group in the qualifier on net run rate, even after dropping matches to Canada and UAE.

NETHERLANDS – 17th

Netherlands made the showpiece event by reaching the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament, which they went on to win. Fighting on the ODI World Cup Super League front with two wins from three against Ireland and a tour to South Africa in September.

Namibia

Namibia national cricket team is the men’s team that represents the Republic of Namibia and is governed by Cricket Namibia, an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council. They will participate in the qualifier stage for the Super 12 stage. Namibia is also looking forward to beat the other three teams in the group stage. They recently won the match while playing a local tournament in UAE.