Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop blind ranked outrageous things he would like to see at the T20 World Cup 2026 (via ESPN Cricinfo). The marquee tournament began on February 7 and will conclude on March 8.
Ian Bishop ranked Sri Lanka pacer Matheesha Pathirana bowling a delivery at 160kph at number one. At number two, he kept Pakistan captain Salman Agha turning down a single while batting with Babar Azam. Canada’s Yuvraj Samra, who is named after Yuvraj Singh, hitting six sixes in an over, was ranked at number three.
Ian Bishop placed the West Indies reaching the T20 World Cup 2026 final and coming up with a new viral dance at number four. At number five, he kept Rovman Powell smashing Jasprit Bumrah for consecutive sixes at the Eden Gardens and the crowd chanting KKR. Powell will represent KKR in IPL 2026.
With the top spots taken, he had to unfortunately keep Vaibhav Suryavanshi being called up by India for the T20 World Cup 2026 after a player being injured at number six. A number seven, he kept LeBron James turning up to do a short commentary stint with Bishop himself for a USA game. Finally, he kept another commentator using his famous ‘Remember the name’ phrase after a thrilling finish at number eight.
Ian Bishop on India’s chances at T20 World Cup 2026
India are the defending champions of the T20 World Cup, having won the previous edition in 2024. However, no team has previously managed to defend their title in the history of the tournament. Moreover, no team has managed to win the tournament at home either.
Nonetheless, Ian Bishop, talking about India’s chances, stated that handling the pressure of playing at home would not affect the Men in Blue.
“My simple answer to the point of pressure is that you go back to 2011, India won an ODI World Cup at home. They got to the final in 2023 against Australia, who were too good on the day. So look, as defending champions, I think a lot of teams are very good now – management staff are taking pressure away from the players and I think India are one of those teams. There’ll still obviously be high expectations at home. But I don’t think that that will be the issue for this Indian team. So many of them have played the IPL, have played in finals, and they know what expectation is,” he was quoted as saying by NDTV.
India entered the tournament as the No.1-ranked T20I team. They are also in top form as a unit, having dominated in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand before the marquee tournament, winning 4-1.
Edited by Rishab Vm
