In a historic moment, the Italian National Cricket Team has officially qualified for the T20 World Cup 2026, which will be co-maintained by India and Sri Lanka.
This is the first time in the history of cricket when Italy has qualified for the ICC T20 World Cup, and overall it is the first World Cup qualification for the country in ODI, T20I, men, women and U19 cricket.
Jersey Miss Out as Italy qualifies for ICC T20 World Cup 2026
On Friday, July 11, Italy suffered a crushed defeat in the hands of the Netherlands National Cricket Team, 9 wickets in the 10th and ICC Mains T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier’s Worberg Cricket Club, Hague.
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Despite the colloom defeat, the Italy ICC T20 World Cup Europe managed to finish second on the qualifier points table.
He began his campaign with a 7-vick victory, with 36 balls left against Gernsey with 36 balls, before his second match against Jersey was left without balls without balls. Then, on 9 July, the Burns -led side closed the horns with Scotland and won a stunning 12 runs.
Although he suffered a huge defeat in his previous game, Italian side ended his campaign at number 2 with two wins and made a draw in four matches.
Italy qualified for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the price of Jersey, which could not qualify despite the same points due to a net run rate of 0.306 compared to the net run rate of 0.612 on the Italian side.
Meanwhile, Italy has become the 25th separate team to qualify for the ICC Mains T20 World Cup since the inaugural edition of the competition in 2007.
Which has also become the fifth European country to qualify for the T20 World Cup after England, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland and Italy, which led Burns.
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Netherlands ICC qualifies men’s T20 World Cup 2026
The Netherlands have also qualified for ICC men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Standing for men’s T20 World Cup 2026 after men’s T20 World Cup.
This ICC will have a seventh presence in men’s T20 World Cup since 2014. Last year, three new teams – Uganda, Canada and the United States – were depicted in the competition.
Talking about the Netherlands’ campaign, he opened his account by registering a 7-vick victory over Jersey. In his second match, the Netherlands faced a loss of 6 wickets at the hands of Scotland.
However, he bounced back to win the 9-win win over GWense and 9-VICs over Italy with a 9-win win over Italy and a 9-verse over Italy with a net run rate of 1.281.
List of qualified teams for ICC T20 World Cup 2026:
– India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, United States, West Indies, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Canada, Italy, Netherlands.
– 5 teams TBD
[Out of five teams, two will be decided from the Africa Qualifier, and three from the East-Asia Pacific Qualifier.]
