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The ninth edition of the T20 World Cup kicked off on June 2 (IST) with the co-hosts USA clashing against Canada. The 2024 edition has a total of 20 teams fighting for the ultimate glory, which are divided in four groups. The tournament features an exciting Group C, with teams like West Indies, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Uganda and Papua New Guinea placed together. While West Indies and New Zealand enter the tournament as the top-ranked teams, but they will expect a stiff competition from Afghanistan.
Let’s have a look at the top two teams that will qualify top the Super 8 stage from Group C.
West Indies
While West Indies faced a slump in their performance in the last decade, they did register a victory against defending champions England towards the end of last year, marking their comeback in the T20I format. The squad includes names like Shamar Joseph, who made name for himself in the global cricketing scenario off lately. The West Indies will have two major advantages in the ongoing tournament, playing at the home-ground and will get a relatively easier start to the tournament facing lower-ranked teams PNG and Uganda in their initial matches.
This makes then the most favourites to qualify to the top eight stage of the tournament.
