The T20 World Cup 2022 is hardly a month away and the teams are trying all sorts of combinations to get their playing XI for the marquee event right. The tournament is scheduled to be taking place in Australia and will begin on October 16. Alex Hales, who made a comeback to England’s T20 squad after a long gap of three years has predicted the teams that will be reaching the semi-finalis of the 2022 edition of the T20 World Cup.
Alex Hales made a comeback to the England T20 side and marked his return with a match-winning half-century for his team. In the year 2019, the batsman was dropped from the World Cup squad after he failed a recreational drugs test.
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Hales was ecstatic after his inclusion in the team for the Pakistan tour and now he has come up with a prediction for semi-finalists of 2022 T20 World Cup. It needs to be noted that Alex Hales has not only got a chance to play in the Pakistan tour, but he has also been included in England’s squad for the T20 World Cup after Jonny Bairstow was ruled out owing to a possible broken left leg.
As for his prediction, Hales reckons that his team England along with India, Pakistan and Australia will be the semi-finalists in the upcoming edition of the T20 World Cup which will end on November 13.
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Australia had a phenomenal putting in the year 2021 and they will enter the field this year to defend their title. On the other hand, India had even failed to reach the knoc-out stage of the tournament itself. Pakistan were the semi-finalists last year as well along with England who lost to New Zealand. The prediction by Alex Hales was made in a rapid-fire session, the video of which was shared by Pakistan cricket on their Twitter handle.
Rapid fire with Alex Hales 🧐🔥
🎥 Watch the England batter answer some interesting questions on the spot#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/4FbnwMdzZG
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 21, 2022