Italy qualified for the first time for the T20 World Cup. Italy Creates History by Qualifying for 2026 T20 World Cup

New Delhi. Italy has qualified for the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026. Italy’s cricket team will take part in the ICC T20 World Cup for the first time. Italy has secured this right while finishing second in the Europe Region Final of ICC Mains T20 World Cup. However, he suffered a defeat to the Netherlands in his last match. The Netherlands have also qualified for the next T20 World Cup. This World Cup will be played in India and Sri Lanka.

Italy and Netherlands match was played in Hague on Friday in the ICC Mains T20 World Cup Europe Region Finals. The Italian team scored 134 runs for 7 wickets while batting first. In response, the Netherlands won the match by scoring 135 runs for one wicket in just 16.2 overs. This was the third win in the Netherlands tournament. The Netherlands defeated Jersey and Garnji before Italy. He had to face defeat against Scotland.

The Scotland team could not qualify for the T20 World Cup to be held in 2026. He had to bear the brunt of defeat in the last ball from Jersey on Friday. Even after winning Jersey team, she could not qualify for the World Cup. After the matches on Friday, Italy and Jersey teams were on par with 5-5 points. Italy qualified for the T20 World Cup based on better runrate basis.

Italy played four matches in the tournament. He defeated Garnji by 7 wickets in his first match. After this, on July 6, Italy and Jersey match was canceled due to rain, which gave both of them one point each. Italy then defeated Scotland by 12 runs on 9 July and made a big upset. With this victory of Italy, it was almost decided that it would qualify for the World Cup. Italy suffered a defeat to the Netherlands in their last match after this but despite this defeat, he was more than Runrett (0.612), Jersey (0.306). Due to this, Italy will now play the World Cup. The Netherlands qualified for the T20 World Cup with six points.