THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019 IS BEING HOSTED BY ENGLAND AND WALES SHEDULED TO BE STARTING FROM 30TH MAY TO 14TH JULY 2019.ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP IS THE 12TH EDITION OF THE CRICKET WORLD CUP WHICH TAKES PLACE EVERY FOUR YEARS.
INDIA SINCE SEVERAL YEARS AND IS CONTINUING TO REMAIN THE BIGGEST MARKET FOR CRICKET.ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019 HAS MAJOR SPONSORSHIPS AND REVENUE GENERATION FROM INDAN MARKET AND BRANDS.OFFICIAL SPONSORS OF ICC CRICKET INCLUDES BRITANNIA INDUSTRIES, DREAM 11, ROYAL STAG, AND OTHER LEADING INDIAN BRANDS.
THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE HAVING TEAMS -INDIA,AUSTRALIA, ENGLAND(HOSTS), WEST-INDIES.THE TOP FOUR TEAMS AMONG THIS WILL REACH SEMI FINALS BANGLADESH, NEW-ZEALAND, PAKISTAN, SOUTH AFRICA, SRI LANKA, AFGHANISTAN AND.
PLAYING 10 TEAMS AND THEIR SQUADS IN ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2019 –
- INDIA – S DHONI (WK), KEDAR JADHAV, HARDIK PANDYA, VIJAY SHANKAR, ROHIT SHARMA (VC), YUZVENDRA CHAHAL, SHIKHAR DHAWAN, JASPRIT BHUMRAH, DINESH KARTHIK (WK), MOHAMMED SHAMI, RAVINDRA JADEJA, BHUVNESHWAR KUMAR, KULDEEP YADAV, K.L. RAHUL
- ENGLAND – MARK WOOD, JONNY BAIRSTOW(WK), TOM CURRAN, ADIL RASHID, EOIN MORGAN(C), JOS BUTTLER (VC AND WK), CHRIS WOAKES, MOEEN ALI, LIAM PLUNKETT, JASON ROY, DAVID WILLEY, JOE DENLY, JOE ROOT, ALEX HALES, BEN STOKES.
- PAKISTAN – MOHAMMED HAFEEZ, SARFARAZ AHMED (C & WK), IMAD WASIM, SHOAIB MALIK(VC), FAHEEM ASHRAF, FAKHAR ZAMAN, BABAR AZAM, ABID ALI, HARIS SOHAIL, JUNAID KHAN, HASAN ALI, IMAM-UL-HAQ, SHADAB KHAN, SHAH AFRIDI, MOHAMMED HASNAIN.
- AUSTRALIA – ADAM ZAMPA, AARON FINCH(C), DAVID WARNER, JASON BEHRENDORFF, MARCUS STOINIS, ALEX CAREY (VC AND WK), MITCHELL STARC, NATHAN COUTLER-NILE, STEVE SMITH, PAT CUMMINS, JHYE RICHARDSON, USMAN KHAWAJA, GLENN MAXWELL, SHAUN MARSH, NATHAN LYON.
- AFGHANISTAN – MUJEEB UR RAHMAN, GULBADIN NAIB (C), HAMID HASSAN, MOHAMMED SHAHZAD (WK), AFTAB ALAM, NOOR ALI ZADRAN, DAWLAT ZADRAN, HAZRATULLAH ZAZAI, RASHID KHAN, RAHMAT SHAH, MOHAMMED NABI, ASGHAR AFGHAN, SAMIULLAH SHINWARI, HASHMATULLAH SHAHIDI, NAJBULLAH ZADRAN.
- BANGLADESH – MASHRAFE MORTAZA(C), ABU JAYED, TAMIM IQBAL, MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN, LITON DAS, RUBEL HOSSAIN, SOUMAYA SARKAR, MEHIDY HASAN, MUSHFIQUR RAHIM(WK), MOHAMMED SAIFUDDIN, MAHMUDULLAH RIYAD, MOSADDEK HOSSAIN, SHAKIB AL HASAN(VC), SABBIR RAHMAN, MOHAMMED MITHUN(WK).
- SOUTH AFRICA – TABRAIZ SHAMSI, DALE STEYN, FAF DU PLESSIS (C), IMRAN TAHIR, QUINTON DE KOCK (VC & WK), ANRICH NORTJE, LUNGI NGIDI, DAVID MILLER, JP DUMINY, AIDEN MARKRAM, DWAINE PRETORIUS, ANDILE PHEHLUKWAYO, RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN, HASHIM AMLA.
- NEW ZEALAND – ROSS TAYLOR, KANE WILLIAMSON (C), TIM SOUTHEE (VC), TOM BLUNDELL (WK), ISH SODHI, TRENT BOULT, MITCHELL SANTNER, COLIN DE GRANDHOMME, HENRY NICHOLLS, LOCKIE FERGUSON, JIMMY NEESHAM, MARTIN GUPTILL, COLIN MUNRO, TOM LATHAM (WK), MATT HENRY.
- SRI LANKA – AVISHKA FERNANDO, JEEVAN MENDIS, LAHIRU THIRIMANNE, JEFFREY VANDERSAY, LASITH MALINGA, NUWAN PRADEEP, SURANGA LAKMAL, DIMITH KARUNARATNE (C), ANGELO MATHEWS, THISARA PERERA, KUSAL PERERA (WK), DHANANJAYA DE SILVA, KUSAL MENDIS (WK), ISURU UDANA, MILINDA SIRIWARDANA.
- WEST INDIES – SHAI HOPE (WK), SHIMRON HETMYER, FABIEN ALLEN, SHELDON COTTRELL, SHANNON GABRIEL, KEMAR ROACH, ASHLEY NURSE, JASON HOLDER (C), EVIN LEWIS, DARREN BRAVO, CHRIS GAYLE, ANDRE RUSSELL, CARLOS BRATHWAITE, NICHOLAS POORAN, OSHANE THOMAS.
BIG TOURNAMENTS REQUIRES A LOT OF PLANNING IF YOU WANT TO GAIN AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE FROM SEEMING THE MOST AWAITED WORLD CUP OF 2019. WITH THIS CRICKET WORLD CUP BEING HELD IN ENGLAND AND WALES, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT AND MAKE A BEST MEMORY OF TWO OF GREAT BRITAIN’S THREE NATIONS. THE FACT HERE IN WORLD CUP OF 2019 IS THERE ARE FEWER TEAMS FOR THIS TOURNAMENT COMPARED TO THE LAST TOURNAMENT IN 2015 SHOULDN’T LIGHTEN YOUR SPIRITS. THIS TOURNAMENT OF 2019 WILL BE USING A ROUND-ROBIN FORMAT WHERE ONE TEAM WILL PLAY WITH ALL THE OTHER NINE. THIS MEANS THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 45 CRICKET MATCHES THAT IS TO BE ENJOYED BY YOU.
THERE WILL BE TWO SEMI-FINAL GAMES AT THE END WHERE ONE WILL BE AT THE EDGBASTON CRICKET GROUND IN BIRMINGHAM AND WHEREAS OTHER WILL BE AT OLD TRAFFORD IN MANCHESTER. THE WINNER OF EACH SEMI-FINAL TEAMS WILL FACE EACH OTHER IN THE FINALS THAT IS TO BE HELD AT LORD’S IN LONDON ON JULY 14, THE LAST DAY FOR PLAYERS TO MAKE A MEMORABLE VICTORY.