{"id":429763,"date":"2026-01-22T10:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429763\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:43:07","slug":"india-opener-reveals-key-to-top-order-success-prior-to-t20wc-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/429763\/","title":{"rendered":"India opener reveals key to top-order success prior to T20WC | ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It remains to be seen whether Arshdeep will hold on to his new-ball role when the T20 World Cup commences next month, with the 26-year-old admitting he is doing everything he can to be ready if called upon by selectors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I try to be ready all the time, whenever the team gives me a chance,&#8221; Arshdeep said after the victory over New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether it is a new-ball, an old-ball, or any other format, I try to be ready all the time and give my best whenever I get a chance,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The things that are not in my hands and not in my control I should not focus too much on them. But the things that are in my control and in my hands I should do that and just enjoy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Series schedule:<\/p>\n<p>First T20I: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/matches\/264002\/india-vs-new-zealand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 21, Nagpur (India won by 48 runs)<\/a><br \/>Second T20I: January 23, Raipur<br \/>Third T20I: January 25, Guwahati<br \/>Fourth T20I: January 28, Visakhapatnam<br \/>Fifth T20I: January 31, Thiruvananthapuram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It remains to be seen whether Arshdeep will hold on to his new-ball role when the T20 World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,95832,95830,1950,95847,162734,95852,95833,7301,95851,162732,95834,90626,162737,85,162733,162735,95831,162736],"class_list":["post-429763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-headlines","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-news","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-icc-announcements","tag-sports","tag-t20-world-cup-news-updates","tag-today-cricket-match-news","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-world-cup-cricket-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}