Cricket’s craze is as its peak these days since one of the biggest cricket events T20 World Cup is continued. It is fourth T20 world cup. First one was held in 2007 and was won by India, Pakistan won second one in 2009 and England became te defending Champion in 2010. The results of this world cup are yet to come, but we have compiled a list of Top Five Strongest Teams for T20 World Cup 2012. Enjoy the read…
1.     West Indies
With a combination of best spinners and hitter, West Indies handsomely enjoying status as one of the hot favorite teams for the ongoing T20 World Cup. While all of the players in the Windies squad are talented and are in their good form, but Chris Gayle, a man who can destroy any bowling attack of the world Single Handedly is the real power of the team. West Indies squad includes: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Samuel Badree, Darren Bravo, Johnson Charles, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Smith.
2.     Pakistan
Green Shirts have been highly successful in this format of cricket. Pakistan managed to reach the semi finals in all three T20 World Cups that have been played so far. They claimed the title in the year 2009, and this time too, they are solid enough to take the World Cup home. Currently, Pakistan team has world’s best T20 spinner Saeed Ajmal. Moreover, the strikers Imran Nazir, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Akmal and all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Hafeej are also part of the team.
3.     Australia
The most successful ODI team hasn’t been able to prove its iron in T20 International matches but scenario is different this year. Despite of the absence of some of the outstanding and experienced players such Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, etc. they have potential to end up the event at victory. The Austrlian squad includes George Bailey (captain), Daniel Christian, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hogg, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White.
4.     India
Though India is a side solid enough to beat but because of some of the squad member being out of form and absence of a few skilled players, India couldn’t present an impressive game so far in the T20 World Cup. India claimed the title in 2007. The current Indian squad includes Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Ashok Dinda, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Manoj Tiwary.
5.     England
The defending champion England is currently missing some of their reliable player such as Kevin Pieterson. The inexperienced English side will have to face difficulty while encountering most powerful sides like Australia and West Indies. Current England squads consists of Stuart Broad (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Danny Briggs, Jos Buttler, Jade Dernbach, Steven Finn, Alex Hales, Craig Kieswetter, Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright.
Top Five Strongest Teams for T20 World Cup 2012
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