Zimbabwe has beaten supreme Australian by 1 run and shocked cricket world. Zimbabwe has earlier beaten Australia in T20 world cup in Cape Town in 2007. This side has given a morale booster to Proper Utseya’s Zimbabwean side at the start of the tournament.
Umar Gul, who played a key role in Pakistan to clinch the world cup, last year in England, is injured and not available for the T20 world cup to be held in West Indies. Former T20 captain Younus Khan, who led the Pakistan team to T20 victory has told that Gul absence can hurt the prospects of the team.
Virendra Sehwag once again timed his injury perfectly especially when the T20 world cup is in the corridor. Virendra Sehwag was ruled out of T20 world cup following his shoulder injury.
Sachin Tendulkar who performed exceedingly well in both test and ODI has re-affirmed that he would be participating in T20 world cup for India happening this year. Though he is captaining Mumbai Indians and showing peak form in IPL 3 tournament ruled out of changing his earlier stance of not playing in T20 matches.
Marcus Trescothick of Somerset has been returned to England from on-going Champions League T20 due to stress-related illness that caught him once again. South paw from Somerset has history of this illness for some time now. It is quite a blow for Somerset’s prospects in the tournament as Trescothick is gifted opener, who can play explosively as an opening batsman.
