5 MATCHES TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE T20 WORLD CUP

WITH THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MATCHES RELEASED, WE PREVIEW FIVE MATCHES TO WATCH OUT FOR IN THE T20 WORLD CUP.

1. SRI LANKA VS IRELAND - OCTOBER 20 IN ABU DHABI

SRI LANKA AND IRELAND ARE BOTH PART OF ROUND 1 AND WILL NEED TO PROGRESS FROM HERE TO MAKE THE SUPER 12 STAGE. 

2. AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 23  IN ABU DHABI

THE RIVALRY BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS IT  WAS IN THE 90S AND THE EARLY 2000S. BUT THE PROTEAS ARE ONE SIDE YOU CAN NEVER  WRITE OFF. 

3. ENGLAND VS WEST INDIES - OCTOBER 23 IN DUBAI

ENGLAND AND WEST INDIES BOTH HAVE POWER-HITTERS IN THEIR TEAM IN THE LIKES OF JOS BUTTLER, JASON ROY, KIERON POLLARD AND ANDRE RUSSELL AMONG OTHERS.

4. INDIA VS PAKISTAN - OCTOBER 24  IN DUBAI

DO WE REALLY NEED A REASON TO WATCH AN INDO-PAK CLASH? IT IS ARGUABLY  THE GREATEST AND THE  MOST INTENSE RIVALRY  IN WORLD CRICKET. 

5. INDIA VS NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 31 IN DUBAI

NEW ZEALAND IS ONE TEAM INDIA HAS STRUGGLED AGAINST QUITE BADLY IN ICC EVENTS. IN FACT, INDIA HAVEN’T BEATEN THE KIWIS IN AN ICC EVENT SINCE 2003.