For the first time since England’s Tour of India in the first quarter of 2021, Hardik Pandya is back to bowling in an international match. A short ball and Williamson ramps it over wicketkeeper Pant for 4. Well, long story short; India never turned up and New Zealand. There is no other way to describe this heavy defeat for India. As for the Kiwis, they showed signs of confidence during the Pakistan game and today, they got the job done and how.
This practice has been installed since the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The system used in the World Cup up to 1990 was 2 points for a win. In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. In all, 79 nations have played in at least one World Cup.
Brazil was the only South American team to compete in both. The 1942 and 1946 competitions, which Germany and Brazil sought to host, were cancelled due to World War II and its aftermath. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, football became an official competition. Planned by The Football Association , England’s football governing body, the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition.
They repeated the feat at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. First up, the Men in Blue were outclassed by their arch-rivals Pakistan, who beat the Men in Blue by a giant margin of 10 wickets in their opening match of the tournament. On Sunday, India lost to New Zealand, making matters worse for itself as they are now almost knocked out of a top-four finish in the T20 World Cup 2021. Team India has once again failed to make a mark in an ICC event.
With five titles, Brazil are the most successful World Cup team and also the only nation to have played in every World Cup to date. Brazil were also the first team to win the World Cup for the third , fourth and fifth time. Italy and Brazil are the only nations to have won consecutive titles.
