Nepal’s Road to T20 World Cup 2014 in Bangladesh

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier is a gate way for Nepalese Team to qualify for the T20 World Cup which will be held in Bangladesh in 2014 where 16 teams will play each other for the championship. Out of the 16 teams in T20 World Cup, 10 teams will be full ICC Member and other six teams from ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. 
 

 The country to play T20 World Cup 2014 in Bangladesh is:

1.     Australia

2.     Bangladesh

3.     England

4.     Pakistan

5.     South Africa

6.     India

7.     Srilanka

8.     West Indies

9.     New Zealand

10.  Zimbabwe

11. Six teams from T20 World Cup Qualifier( Nepal should finish at top six at world cup qualifier to qualify)

The world cup qualifier will be played in United Arab Emirates in 2013 October where sixteen teams will play against each other to be selected in top six and qualify for World Cup T20 in Bangladesh.

Nepal will first play first ACC Twenty20 Cup which will be held in Nepal where 10 teams will play each other and top two i.e. Finalist teams will qualify for ICC Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier in UAE ( Afghanistan has already qualify as a ODI nation, so if Afghanistan make it to the Final, then top three teams of the tournament will qualify for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier), from which six teams will qualify for Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh 2014. The chances of Nepal to qualify for Twenty20 World Cup is high as Nepal has finished in 7^th position in prevision edition of Tweanty20 World Cup Qualifier from where just two teams qualify for the Twenty20 World Cup in Srilanka 2012 but in 2014 there will be sixteen teams and six teams will be selected from Twenty20 Qualifier. 

Hence, equation for Nepal is very simple as first they have to finish top four at  ACC Twenty20 Cup which will be held in our own country and qualify for Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier in UAE and finish in top six in this tournament to qualify for Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh. Road to T20 world cup is difficult but not impossible but the question is can our team perform at high level with tough teams in pressure situation ? Hope our teams existing form continue and qualify for Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh in 2014.