Michael Vaughan Predicts Semi-Finalists For T20 World Cup 2024, Leaves Out Asian Giants India And Pakistan

Former England captain Michael Vaughan predicted the four semi-finalists for the T20 World Cup 2024, which is scheduled to be jointly hosted by the West Indies and the USA in June. Vaughan has left out Team India from the four teams he believes would qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-finals. As per Vaughan, England, Australia, South Africa, and West Indies are the four teams that will reach the knockouts in the upcoming ICC mega event. The cricketer-turned-expert picked defending champions England, current ODI World Cup champions Australia, two-time champions West Indies, and South Africa as the four teams who could potentially reach the knockout stage of the marquee event. However, he didn't mention the name of the inaugural T20 World Cup champions, India.

Michael Vaughan predicts Semi-Finalists, leaves out Asian giants India and Pakistan

Former England captain Michael Vaughan predicted the four semi-finalists for the T20 World Cup 2024, which is scheduled to be jointly hosted by the West Indies and the USA in June. Vaughan has left out Asian giants India and Pakistan from the four teams he believes would qualify for the T20 World Cup 2024 semi-finals. As per Vaughan, England, Australia, South Africa, and West Indies are the four teams that will reach the knockouts in the upcoming ICC mega event.

"My 4 Semifinalists for the T20 WC … England, Australia, South Africa and the West Indies," Michael Vaughan wrote on his official 'X' (formerly Twitter) handle.

My 4 Semi finalists for the T20 WC … England,Austrlalia,South Africa and the West Indies .. #T20WC2024

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 1, 2024

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the 15-member India T20 squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and USA. As previously revealed by BCCI Secretary Jay Shah, Rohit Sharma will captain the Indian cricket team, while seam-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya will be his deputy. One of the major weaknesses of India's 15-man squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 is the current form of star all-rounder and Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya.

🚨India’s squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 announced 🚨

Let's get ready to cheer for #TeamIndia #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/jIxsYeJkYW

— BCCI (@BCCI) April 30, 2024

As seen so far in the ongoing IPL 2024 season, MI skipper Hardik Pandya has failed to contribute both with the bat and ball, especially coming in from a long injury lay-off. Other major names in the squad include Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and Shivam Dube while Rinku Singh misses out as he is in the reserves list. India are also part of Group A along with Pakistan and Ireland. The Men in Blue will begin their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York on June 5.

India T20 World Cup 2024 squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.