Australia and New Zealand: Who will be the new world champions?
KATHMANDU: NOV. 14 – The final of the T20 World Cup between New Zealand and Australia is taking place today at 7:45 in the ongoing T20 World Cup in UAE. These two teams have not won a title in the last six editions of T20 World Cup history. Therefore, it is estimated that the final will be interesting when both the teams are in the race for the T20 World Cup title for the first time.
New Zealand reached the World Cup final for the first time, while Australia reached the final for the second time. Therefore, whoever wins the World Cup will get a new champion. Both teams have been contenders for the World Cup in this short format since 2007, but in the last 14 years, both teams have struggled to achieve this. Both teams entered the knockout stages as runners-up in their respective groups.
In the semi-finals, both the teams performed well and managed to bring home the contenders Pakistan and England from the semi-finals.
Opportunity to get rid of one-day frustrations
For the last time, New Zealand’s presence in world cricket has been overwhelming. New Zealand, who won the Test championship some time ago, wants to maintain their momentum even in this short format. New Zealand is set to play its fifth final in a crucial ICC tournament since 2015. They suffered a sensational defeat in the final of the 2019 ODI World Cup. After the scheduled overs were drawn in the exciting final, even the super overs were tied in the history of cricket. England then won the ODI trophy on a boundary basis. After that, the ICC had to make a new rule to play Super Over until a decision is made.
Therefore, this T20 tournament will be important to forget the one-day World Cup final which was unfortunate for New Zealand. Therefore, the Kiwi team wants to forget the past by returning the happiness of the World Cup trophy.
Australia’s attempt to erase the stain of failure
The Kangaroos, who have been performing sensationally in the ODI World Cup, have been unlucky in the T20 format. Australia have never won a T20 World Cup. But they hold the record for most ODI World Cup titles. They won the ODI title for the first time in 1987, defeating England by seven wickets under the captaincy of Allan Border.
Then in 1999 Steve Waugh and in 2003 and 2007 Ricky Ponting and 2015 Michael Clarke led the team to the World Cup title. Australia have won five of their last seven World Cup finals. But breaking the poor T20 record is also a challenge for them.
Australia have not lost to New Zealand in the knockout stages of the ICC event
Australia is ahead of New Zealand in the T20 format head-to-head. Australia have won nine of the 14 matches between the two teams, while New Zealand have won four. 1 game has ended in a draw. Australia also beat New Zealand in the knockout stages of the ICC tournament.
The two teams have clashed four times so far in the ICC event from the quarter-finals to the final. Australia has won all of them. Therefore, while Australia is facing the challenge of preserving its strong legacy against New Zealand, New Zealand is on the verge of breaking the bad history against Australia once again.
Will the toss be decisive again?
The team batting first on the UAE pitch this time is proving to be really weak. Whether in the IPL before the start of the World Cup or in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Most of the teams that have bowled before have won. The team that has won most of the toss in the ongoing World Cup has won by fielding first.
The team that batted first only once in 14 games in the Super 12 in Sharjah has won. So it is the same in both. In most games, the fielding team wins the toss first. But due to the pressure in the final game, keeping the pressure with the toss will also be a challenge for the players.
