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Pre-seeding and Pre-decided knockout venues for certain participants have been normal in ICC tournaments for over 30 years! This is done to maximize commercial value regarding media rights and gate revenues(dah!). Here are the examples. 👇👇 1) In the 1992 WC, AUS was guaranteed a pre-decided venue for the home semifinal if they had made it. NZ was allocated the pre-decided home semifinal unless it was against AUS. This leads to the theory (as mentioned in Imran Khan's autobiography) that NZ underperformed in the last league match against PAK to get home the semifinal. 2) In the 1996 WC, PAK was guaranteed home QF unless it was against IND (as the Final was allocated to PAK); that's how they played against IND in QF in Banglore. 3) In the 2011 WC, ALL three hosts, IND, SRI, and BAN, were guaranteed home knockout matches on pre-decided venues (espncricinfo.com/story/world…) 4) In the 2014, 2016, 2021, and 2022 T20 World Cups, In the first round, pre-seeding was given to the team in the FIRST ROUND with the same rules as in the 2024 WC. That's how qualified teams from the First round moved to Super 10s and Super 12s based on their seeding, or a replacement team allocated the respective seeding position. I am shocked that ICC, Cricket historians, or any prominent media personnel have not clarified pre-seeding and India's Semifinal allocation to Ganyana. Hopefully, this post will REST all the debate! #ICC #T20WorldCup @joybhattacharj @cricketaakash @ajarrodkimber @BoriaMajumdar @bhogleharsha @IrfanPathan @irbishi @WasimJaffer14 @sanjaymanjrekar @krick3r @sanjaymanjrekar @sambitbal @vikrantgupta73 @NikhilNaz @gauravkalra75 @RaunakRK @CricCrazyJohns @MichaelVaughan @OsmanSamiuddin @Danny61000 @Houseof_Cricket @onnonya_tweets @ICC @BCCI @VishySid84 @sports_tak @SportsTodayofc @Sahil_Malhotra1 @KShriniwasRao @vijaylokapally #T20WC2024 #T20WC24