This is the first time Australia will be hosting the T20 World Cup and the hosts will likewise be the defending champions.
With only 100 days to go the commencement for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 has officially started in Australia. Melbourne Cricket Ground’s hallowed turf became the Centre stage with the pitch moved into the center of Melbourne to mark 100 days to go until the world’s best cricketers from 16 teams compete for a definitive award in T20 cricket.
Australian cricket stalwarts like Aaron Finch, Georgia Wareham and Tayla Vlaeminck close by Shane Watson, Waqar Younis and Morne Morkel met up with a few other Australian personalities to launch the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy Tour.
This is first time Australia will have the hosting of T20 World Cup and the hosts will likewise begin as the defending champions.
Australian captain Aaron Finch said, “It’s an interesting time for cricket with so many world-class teams coming out to play all around the country. Now that there’s only 100 days to go, you can feel the excitement working among the team about the possibility of playing in a home World Cup before our fans.
In a World Cup each game is an extreme game, and anybody can beat anybody on their day so the white-ball cricket we have coming up over the course of the following two or three months will be vital to ensure we are prepared come the principal bundle of the World Cup in October.”
Notwithstanding the occasion in Melbourne, the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy Tour has been launched and is being driven by Nissan. The iconic trophy will traverse four continents prior to returning to Geelong on 16 October when the tournament starts.
ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said, “Celebrating the beginning of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Trophy Tour, driven by Nissan, is one more significant achievement in taking the Trophy to ten nations for the first time ever, once again showing our obligation to utilizing the T20 format as a vehicle to grow the game and to connect new fans across the world.
“With only 100 days to go until the beginning of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, there is a genuine feeling of excitement in front of the 16 teams meeting up in Australia to compete for a definitive prize in T20 cricket.”
The World Cup Trophy will go to 35 locations in 13 nations including four continents. Interestingly, the men’s T20 World Cup prize will take a layover in Fiji, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Namibia, Nepal, Singapore and Vanuatu.
