India and West Indies won the final warm-up matches, West Indies Women took a 2-0 lead against Ireland, and Steyn will miss the World Cup opener.
New Zealand have made it to the top four in 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011, and 2015 – seven out of eleven editions including the last three.
Before the World Cup, India and New Zealand will play a warm-up match at The Oval.
While more or less all teams have retained their provisional squads, England and Pakistan have made three changes each.
Rajasthan Royals will host Mumbai Indians at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, in Match 36 of IPL 2019.
Rajasthan beat Bangalore in IPL, and New Zealand named uncapped Tom Blundell in their World Cup squad.
Chennai and Delhi, both having won their respective first matches, will clash for Match 5 at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on Tuesday.
Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Kolkata seem likeliest to qualify for the Playoffs.
Rajasthan Royals have won IPL only once, but have made it to the top five in every single of their last four attempts.
Pakistan powered their way into the 2022 T20 World Cup Final with a commanding seven-wicket win over New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Babar Azam’s side produced a near-perfect performance in this crunch semi-final as the fast bowlers restricted New Zealand to a below-par score of 152 before a century partnership from the openers […]