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Italian players celebrating after taking wickets.
The Italy is a win away from qualifying in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Italy defeated Scotland by 12 runs in the ICC Mains T20 World Cup Europe Regional final.
The T20 World Cup 2026 will be played in India and Sri Lanka. Apart from hosts India and Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, South Africa, America, West Indies, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan and Canada have already arrived. 20 teams will participate in this tournament, so 7 teams are vacant.
Straight entry if won from the Netherlands Italy is now at the top of the points table and if he wins the last match against the Netherlands on Friday (June 11), his position in the World Cup will be confirmed. If they also get a close defeat in this match and Jersey or Scotland do not win their match by a big margin, Italy will still qualify.
Italy’s next match will be from Netherlands.
Former Australian player is captain Italy captains who are doing Burns. He has played 23 Tests for Australia before Italy. He said, this is a emotional moment. Defeating a strong team like Scotland is a big achievement for all our players, staff and federation. We are very close to the World Cup. It looks like a dream. Hopefully it is just the beginning.
Who is the captain of the Burns Italy team.
Italy will benefit from the last match The last match of the tournament will be between Italy and the Netherlands. Before this, Jersey and Scotland must have matched, which will know what they have to do.
In the end the plan did not work- Richie Berrington Scotland captain Richie Berrington said, “We remained in the match but in the end the plan did not work.” Italy performed better than us in bowling. We have to learn from this defeat and make a strong comeback on Friday. We will try our best to win, the remaining results will be automatically.