Vaughan has not selected first-time T20 World Cup champion India in his semi-final teams.
T20 World Cup 2024 is to be held jointly hosted by West Indies and USA from June 2. For this, some teams have announced their squads, while some teams are yet to do so. Meanwhile, former England cricketer Michael Vaughan has predicted his four possible semi-finalist teams for the T20 World Cup 2024.
However, the surprising thing is that the former England captain has not included India, currently the number-1 T20 team, among his four favorite teams. Apart from this, Pakistan has also not been selected.
India-Pakistan kept out
Michael Vaughan has selected defending champion England, current ODI World Cup champion Australia, former two-time champion West Indies and South Africa among his four possible semi-finalist teams for the T20 World Cup 2024. He believes that these four teams can potentially reach the knockout stage of the mega tournament.
He wrote from his official However, Vaughan has not selected first-time T20 World Cup champions India and Pakistan in his semi-finalists.
My 4 Semi finalists for the T20 WC … England,Austrlalia,South Africa and the West Indies .. #T20WC2024
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 1, 2024
England won the T20 World Cup title twice
Let us tell you that India won the inaugural edition of the tournament under the leadership of MS Dhoni. Since then the team has not been able to win the title again. In 2014, it finished runner-up after losing to Sri Lanka. But now once again the Men in Blue will be eager to win the trophy.
Talking about England, the English team has been successful in winning the ICC T20 World Cup title twice. The team became champion for the first time in the year 2010. After that England was successful in winning the title in 2022. England and West Indies are the two teams who have won the trophy twice each. In this way, both these teams are considered to be strong contenders to win the title of 2024 T-20 World Cup.