The 2022 men’s T20 World Cup begins on October 16 and will feature 16 teams – here are the latest news and updates from the tournament in Australia, including squad updates, opinions, predictions and more.

Follow this space for all the latest happenings ahead of the T20 competition:

T20 World Cup news and updates: October 15, 2022

• South Africa’s Dwaine Pretorius, injured during the recent India tour, will be replaced by Marco Jansen in the 15-member squad.
• Fakhar Zaman replaces the injured Usman Qadir in Pakistan’s side.
• Mohammad Shami has been named Jasprit Bumrah’s replacement. Deepak Chahar is also injured and will not be a standby for the event.
• Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi is back to full fitness and is set to play the warm-up matches against England and Afghanistan on October 17 and 19 respectively.

T20 World Cup 2022: Who’s saying what

Dale Steyn on Suryakumar Yadav: “He is a wonderful 360-degree player, and reminds me of AB de Villiers. He could be India’s version of AB de Villiers and with the red-hot form that he’s in right now, he’s a player to definitely watch out for this World Cup.”

Shaheen Shah Afridi is excited to be back in action: “I am super excited at the prospect of rejoining the national side for the T20 World Cup and playing my part in the campaign. t has been a difficult period for me to be away from the game and the team I love the most, and not be part of some gruelling and exciting matches. I have been bowling six to eight overs trouble-free for the past 10 days with full run-up and pace.”

T20 World Cup 2022: Warm-up results

October 10: West Indies beat UAE by 17 runs; Scotland beat the Netherlands by 18 runs

October 11: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 33 runs; Namibia beat Ireland by 11 runs

October 12: West Indies v Netherlands – Match abandoned

 

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