South Africa and the twenty-20 cricket world cup 2016
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Cricket is one of the most popular sport in the world. There are many types of cricket formats like test cricket, ODI cricket etc but twenty-20 cricket format is much popular than others because it’s a quick game of just 20 overs for single innings. Twenty-20 cricket world cup is going to start in the month of March 2016 which is a big excitement for all the cricket lovers. The host of this world cup is India which is a big platform for this sport. India is already famous for IPL and they have huge crowed to watch cricket matches. Team South Africa is also considered as the most powerful team in twenty-20 cricket because they have very famous cricket players in their team. The people of South Africa like this sport too much and they are also very excited about this upcoming world cup.
Twenty-20 cricket world cup and bitlanders outfits
Some social websites are also celebrating this twenty-20 world cup event in different ways. One of the famous social website called www.bitlanders.com is also supporting this big event. They have some cricket related outfits in their shop which users can buy to decorate their avatars as a cricketer to support their favorite team. In this way, they can enjoy this event with bitlanders avatars. The available outfits are cricket helmets, cricket blouses, cricket bat and cricket trousers of various teams.
South Africa in twenty-20 cricket world cup
South Africa is considered as the most powerful team in twenty-cricket format. All the cricket fans already know that South Africa is in very good form and they have the ability to defeat any team because they have very excellent players in their team. One of the most famous player in their team is Ab De Villers who is also playing as a captain. Some other best players are Hashim Amla, Jp Duminy, Faf du Plessi, and Quinton de Kock.
Their performance in previous twenty-20 world cup matches is also very good. In 2007 twenty-20 world cup, they got 5th position. In 2009 and 2004, they reached in the semi finals. In 2010, they got 6th position and in 2012 they got 8th position. Currently they are in very good form and they also beat India in their home series by scoring impressive 424 runs.
Twenty-20 cricket world cup 2016 India
Twenty-20 cricket is very famous sport and the first twenty-20 world cup was introduced in the year 2007. Now mostly people only like to watch T-20 matches. This upcoming world cup is scheduled in India which is a big platform for this sport. Their people love this sport too much and they have huge crowed to support cricket matches. In this world cup, total 16 teams are taking part. First ten teams are full members whereas six needs to qualify for the super 10 round. List of these teams is as follows:-
1. Pakistan
2. India
3. Australia
4. New Zealand
5. South Africa
6. England
7. Srilanka
8. Zimbabwe
9. West Indies
10. Bangladesh
11. Scotland
12. Ireland
13. Hong Kong
14. Netherlands
15. Afghanistan
16. Oman
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India vs South Africa in 2014 T20 world cup
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Twenty-20 world cup matches schedule of South Africa
Team South Africa is in group 1 of super 10 round. There are total 5 teams in this group including South Africa. Other teams are Srilanks, West Indies, England and the team from group B winner. South Africa will play their first match on March 18, 2016 against the team England. Venue is Wankhede stadium of Mumbai. Their secod match is also scheduled in the same stadium of Mumbai. They will play this match on March 20, 2016 against the team from group B winner. Their third match is scheduled on March 25, 2016 against the 2015 twenty-20 champions, West Indies. Venue is Vidharba cricket stadium of Nagpur. Their fourth and final match of super 10 round is scheduled on March 28, 2016 against the 2014 twenty-20 champions, Srilanka. Venue of this match is Feroz Shah Kotla ground of Delhi.
Expected team squad fro South Africa in 2016 twenty-20 world cup
South Africa is a very strong team and they are also in very good form at this time. They have world’s best players in their team so they could be very strong opponent for other teams. They also have very good combination of spin and fast bowlers and also some best all rounder. South Africa’s expected players of twenty-20 world cup 2016 are as follows:-
AB de Villiers (Captain)
Hashim Amla (Batsman)
Kyle Abbott
Quinton de Kock (Wicket Keeper)
JP Duminy (All Rounder)
Faf du Plessis (Batsman)
Farhaan Behardien (Batsman)
Imran Tahir (Bowler)
David Miller (Batsman)
Morne Morkel
Dale Steyn (Bowler)
Wayne Parnell
Aaron Phangiso (Bowler)
Vernon Philander
Riley Roussow (Bowler)
Some best players of team South Africa and their twenty-20 cricket profile
AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers is the top batsman of team South Africa. His performance in every format of cricket is excellent. He is also playing as a captain of the team. His twenty-20 record is also very good. He has the capability to take the team to victory single-handed. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Abraham de Villiers
Nick Name: de villiers
Date of Birth: February 17, 1984
Current Age: 32 years
Matches he played: 65
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: NIL
AB de Villiers twenty-20 cricket statistics
Batting & fielding statistics
AB de Villiers is an experienced batsman South Africa. He has played 62 twenty-20 innings in his career and he remains not out in 9 matches. He has scored total 1,245 runs in with an average rate of 23.49. His highest score is 79 runs not out including seven fifties. Seven times he played as an opener. His scoring rate is 128.88. As a fielder, he has taken 37 catches. As a wicket keeper, he has taken 21 catches and made 7 stumps. As a captain, he has played 15 twenty-20 matches of which 7 won and 7 lost.
Hashim Amla
Hashim Amla is a brilliant batsman of team South Africa. His batting performance in other cricket formats is very excellent. He is also playing as a captain of ODI cricket format. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Hashim Amla
Nick Name: Amla
Date of Birth: March 31, 1983
Current Age: 32 years
Matches he played: 32
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm medium
Hashim Amla’s twenty-20 cricket statistics
Batting & fielding statistics
Hashim Amla is also an experienced opening batsman of South Africa. He has played 32 twenty-20 innings in his career and he remains not out in 3 matches. He has scored total 791 runs in with an average rate of 27.28. His highest score is 69 runs not out including two fifties. His scoring rate is 125.56. As a fielder, he has taken 14 catches. As a captain, he has played 2 twenty-20 matches.
JP Duminy
JP Duminy is an excellent all rounder of team South Africa. His batting and bowling performance in all the cricket formats is excellent. He is also brilliant fielder. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Jean Paul Duminy
Nick Name: Duminy
Date of Birth: April 14, 1984
Current Age: 31 years
Matches he played: 65
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm off break
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of JP Duminy
Batting statistics
JP Duminy is an experienced all rounder of team South Africa. He has played 59 twenty-20 innings in his career and remains not out in 18 matches. He has scored total 1,551 runs with an average rate of 37.83. His highest score is 96 runs not out including eight fifties. Two times he played as an opener. His scoring rate is 122.32.
Bowling & fielding statistics
JP Duminy is an excellent bowler and fielder. He has performed total 59 overs and bowled 355 balls. He gave away 433 runs and got 16 wickets with an average of 27.06. His best was 3 wickets of 18 runs. His economy rate is 7.32 and strike rate is 22.19. As a fielder he has taken total 30 catches in twenty-20 career. As a captain, he has played 3 twenty-20 matches.
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Ab De Villiers batting
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Hashim Aamla batting
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JP Duminy celebrating after taking a wicket
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Faf du Plessis
Faf du Plessis is a very good batsman of team South Africa. His performance in twenty-20 matches is very excellent. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Francois du Plessis
Nick Name: Plessis
Date of Birth: July 13, 1984
Current Age: 31 years
Matches he played: 28
His batting style: Right hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm leg break
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Faf du Plessis
Batting and fielding statistics
Faf du Plessis has played 28 twenty-20 innings in his career and remains not out in 6 matches. He has scored total 872 runs with an average rate of 39.64. His highest score is 119 runs. He has scored 6 fifties and single fifty in twenty-20 career. His scoring rate is 131.52. As a fielder, he has taken 14 catches. As a captain, he has played 24 matches of which 15 won and 9 were lost which is awesome.
Morne Morkel
Morne Morkel is an experienced bowler of team South Africa. His bowling performance in twenty-20 career is awesome and he is the big hope for the upcoming twenty-20 world cup. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: Morne Morkel
Nick Name: Morkel
Date of Birth: October 06, 1984
Current Age: 31 years
Matches he played: 39
His batting style: Left hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm fast
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of Morne Morkel
Bowling and fielding statistics
Morne Morkel is an excellent bowler of team South Africa. He has performed total 138 overs and bowled 832 balls including 3 maiden overs. He gave away 1,022 runs and got 45 wickets with an average of 22.71. Two times he got 4 wickets in an innings. His best was 4 wickets of 17 runs. His economy rate is 7.37 and strike rate is 18.49. As a fielder he has taken total 5 catches.
Davil Miller
Davil Miller is a young and talented batsman of team South Africa. His batting performance in twenty-20 career is awesome. His personal information and twenty-20 cricket statistics is as follows:-
Full Name: David Miller
Nick Name: Miller
Date of Birth: June 10, 1989
Current Age: 26 years
Matches he played: 39
His batting style: Left hand bat
His bowling style: Right arm off break
Twenty-20 cricket statistics of David Miller
Batting and fielding statistics
David Miller has played 33 twenty-20 innings in his career and remains not out in 11 matches. He has scored total 625 runs with an average rate of 28.41. His highest score is 47 runs. His scoring rate is 128.07. He is also a very good fielder and as a fielder, he has taken 25 catches.
Faf du Plessis playing a shot
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Morne Morkel appealing for a wicket
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Davil Miller playing a big shot
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South Africa vs India in 2007 T20 world cup
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