Michael Vaughan, a former captain of England, selected the West Indies and USA teams he believes will advance to the ICC T20 World Cup semifinals this year.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan named the teams he believes would go to the semi-finals of this year’s ICC T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the United States. The T20 World Cup will start on June 1. Taking to X, Vaughan picked up England, South Africa, Australia, West Indies as his final four teams for the tournament. ” My 4 semi-finalists for the T20 WC … England, Australia, South Africa and the West Indies .. #T20WC2024,” tweeted Vaughan. England, Australia, and South Africa have already announced their teams for the competition.
On Monday, the South African team also revealed their roster. The team is favored to win because of their formidable batting lineup, which includes seniors Quinton de Kock, Reeze Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, and David Miller. The addition of in-form youngsters like Ryan Rickelton, who scored 530 runs in SA20 season two this year, Tristan Stubbs and Ottniel Baartman, who picked 18 wickets in SA20 season two also adds a lot to the side. A world-class lineup also includes bowlers like Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, who is back, and all-rounder Marco Jansen.
In addition, Australia made some audacious decisions in their roster, leaving out young talent Jake Fraser McGurk and seasoned batter Steve Smith, the latter of whom is currently playing for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
There is still no squad announcement from the West Indies. Their T20I squad is made up of powerful hitters who, when playing well, can devastate any batting lineup, including Andre Russell, Shimron Hetmyer, Josh Charles, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, and Romario Shepherd.
England squad: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood.
South Africa squad: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Tristan Stubbs.
Travelling reserves: Nandre Burger and Lungi Ngidi.
Australia squad:Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, and Adam Zampa.
