Three players share the record for playing in the most World Cups; Mexico’s Antonio Carbajal (1950–1966) and Rafael Márquez (2002–2018); and Germany’s Lothar Matthäus (1982–1998) all played in five tournaments. Matthäus has played the most World Cup matches overall, with 25 appearances. Brazil’s Djalma Santos (1954–1962), West Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer (1966–1974), and Germany’s Philipp Lahm (2006–2014) are the only players to be named to three World Cup All-Star Teams. Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Germany are the only teams to win a World Cup outside their continental confederation; Brazil came out victorious in Europe , North America and Asia . Argentina won a World Cup in North America in 1986, while Spain won in Africa in 2010.
Just by sending Rahul to open alongside Kishan, you are disturbing your set top-order with Kohli pushed to No. 4. Not just the batting order, the shot selection by the Indian batsmen also was poor. You may blame it on the slowness of the pitch, but the Indian batsmen have spent enough time and played enough cricket, especially in Dubai in the recent past, to judge the pitch early and play accordingly.
These are not the early days of T20, like you saw in the nascent days of 50 overs cricket in which scores of even 125 in 50 overs or 183 in 60 overs were defended successfully by India. This is the T20 era where players grow up in this format and are going to make mincemeat of the opposition when the target is well within their reach and the conditions are perfect for batting. The Indian team under Virat Kohli may have had six full non-match days between their first and second games, and the skipper remarked at the toss as a matter of fact, “it’s ridiculous we are playing two matches in 10 days”.
New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi, who picked two wickets against India, said the wicket was slower than the England-Australia game and the ball turned when you try to bowl a touch slow. New Zealand starred with the ball as India was restricted to 110/7 in the Group 2 match of Super 12 stage of the ongoing ICC men’s T20 World Cup. In 2009, angry Indian fans burnt effigies of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after the team failed to defend the title in the T20 World Cup in England. And when India lost the T20 final in 2014 against Sri Lanka, disappointed fans pelted stones at all-rounder Yuvraj Singh’s house. Do not forget to tune in to SportsKeeda for T20 World Cup live score.
For each tournament, FIFA decides the number of places awarded to each of the continental zones beforehand, generally based on the relative strength of the confederations’ teams. The FIFA Confederations Cup was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. The first edition took place in 1992 and the last edition was played in 2017. In March 2019, FIFA confirmed that the tournament would no longer be active owing to an expansion of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2021.
