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The T20 World Cup in Australia will be starting on Sunday with Sri Lanka squaring off against Namibia. However, the Super 12 stage will resume on October 22 with the match between New Zealand and Australia. However, all eyes are on the high-voltage clash between India and Pakistan that will be played on October 23 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. On Saturday, the ICC organised a Captains' Day where all 16 skippers of the participating teams engaged with the media.

Revealed: Jerseys of all teams at T20 World Cup 2022 - in pictures

The T20 World Cup 2022 got under way in Melbourne on Saturday with the captains of all competing teams fielding questions from the media on the eve of the opening round.

India Have Bench Strength To Cover Injuries: Rohit Sharma Ahead Of T20 World Cup

India has the bench strength to make up for the absence of its injured stars when its T20 World Cup campaign gets under way against archrivals Pakistan, skipper Rohit Sharma said Saturday. Mohammed Shami has been added to India's 15-man squad to replace pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who is out with back issues, for the marquee tournament in Australia starting Sunday. Key all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is also missing the tournament due to injury, but Rohit insisted the team was ready for the challenge with the players at hand.

"He Will Control The Game": Suresh Raina Picks India's "Go-To Man" At T20 World Cup. It's Not Virat Kohli Or Rohit Sharma

The eyes of all cricket fans are focussed on just one direction right now - the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Most of the teams have already reached Down Under as the action begins on Sunday. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team is one of the heavyweights going into the tournament, however, it had to tackle few injury problems in the buildup to the marquee event. India will be without star allrounder Ravindra Jadeja and pacer Jasprit Bumrah - both of whom were injured. While all other top players are fit, Suresh Raina, member of India's 2011 50-over World Cup-winning team, gave his take on the player who will 'control the game' for the 'Men in Blue'.

'Tired' Australia favourites for T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler

Aaron Finch admitted his team was "tired" and needed to freshen up before their defence of the Twenty20 World Cup title, but England skipper Jos Buttler on Saturday said the hosts remain the favourites. The reigning champions head into the showpiece cricket tournament on home soil, which starts Sunday with the preliminary round after a lacklustre three-match series against the English. They lost 2-0, with the third game abandoned Friday evening due to rain, culminating eight matches for Australia in 26 days -- three of them in India. "I think the guys are probably a little bit tired at the moment," Finch said after the washed-out England match, where he fell for a first-ball duck. "The schedule has been so packed over the last six to eight weeks that we identified a couple of months ago that we wanted to make sure that we're in a position to be peaking at the right time of the World Cup and not beforehand. "So it's going to be important over the next couple of days to try and freshen everyone up as much as we can."

Motorcycling-Martin sets lap record to grab pole position in Australia

MELBOURNE : Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin set a lap record on Saturday to capture pole position for the Australian MotoGP Grand Prix as Francesco Bagnaia remained in the hunt to leapfrog world championship leader Fabio Quartararo at Phillip Island.

"Tired" Australia Favourites For T20 World Cup: England Captain Jos Buttler

Australian captain Aaron Finch admitted his team was "tired" and needed to freshen up before their defence of the Twenty20 World Cup title, but England skipper Jos Buttler on Saturday said the hosts remain the favourites. The reigning champions head into the showpiece cricket tournament on home soil, which starts Sunday with the preliminary round after a lacklustre three-match series against the English. They lost 2-0, with the third game abandoned Friday evening due to rain, culminating eight matches for Australia in 26 days -- three of them in India.

Cold Weather A Worry For Sri Lanka, Namibia At T20 World Cup

Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus expressed concern Saturday about the cold weather in Australia, but insisted the African nation could set the Twenty20 World Cup on fire by upsetting Sri Lanka in the tournament opener. Temperatures at Geelong, where the global showpiece starts on Sunday, have been hovering around 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit) and plunging to as low as four in the evening. That is nippy for a Namibian side more used to balmy weather at home this time of year, and Erasmus admitted it was a shock to the system.

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Watch: ICC's Rohit Sharma-Babar Azam "Best Friends" Post Goes Viral

Revealed: Jerseys of all teams at T20 World Cup 2022 - in pictures

India Have Bench Strength To Cover Injuries: Rohit Sharma Ahead Of T20 World Cup

"He Will Control The Game": Suresh Raina Picks India's "Go-To Man" At T20 World Cup. It's Not Virat Kohli Or Rohit Sharma

'Tired' Australia favourites for T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler

Motorcycling-Martin sets lap record to grab pole position in Australia

"Tired" Australia Favourites For T20 World Cup: England Captain Jos Buttler

Cold Weather A Worry For Sri Lanka, Namibia At T20 World Cup