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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the 20th and last team to qualify for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup after defeating Japan by eight wickets in the final Asia-EAP qualifying match here on Thursday.
Batting first, the Japanese team could score only 116 runs for nine wickets. UAE achieved the target by losing two wickets in just 12.1 overs. The UAE has qualified for the World Cup by finishing in the top three at the Asia-East Asia-Pacific Qualifiers in Oman.
In this way, it has joined Nepal and Oman who had confirmed their places on Wednesday, thus completing the final list of 20 teams for the global tournament.
Thus, the 20 teams that have qualified for the T20 World Cup are India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Nepal, Oman, UAE, Italy, Netherlands, Namibia, USA, Canada and Ireland.
There will be a battle for the title between these 20 teams
Let us tell you, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, America and West Indies have qualified for the next edition after reaching the Super-8 in the last World Cup. At the same time, the teams of Ireland, New Zealand and Pakistan confirmed their places on the basis of ranking. Canada made it from America Qualifier, Italy and Netherlands from Europe Qualifier. Apart from these, Namibia and Zimbabwe had qualified from the Africa Qualifier. On the other hand, India and Sri Lanka have made their place as hosts.
The ICC T20 World Cup was started in the year 2007. At the same time, India became the champion of the last edition. This time she will come out to defend her title.