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Tom Moody underlines the importance of ILT20 and IPL playing significant role ahead of T20I World Cup

Veteran coach Tom Moody, who has also coached Sunrisers Hyderabad at the IPL, has said that players’ performance in the extremely competitive leagues IPL and ILT20 will carry a whole lot of significance and play a greater role in determining the squad for the T20I World Cup 2024.
Notably, teams participating in the T20I World Cup have mostly played their stipulated T20I fixtures ahead of the IPL. The only tournament ahead of the T20I World Cup for the teams to fine tune their strength & potential remains the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL). And management from other teams will also be keenly watching the players’ performance in the IPL to finalise their strong squads for the World Cup.
“The IPL (set to be played between March-May), along with any other T20 tournament, like the ILT20, is important for any player to be performing because every home team is looking at the performances of all their players in these tournaments because of the high-quality cricket in these (leagues)," Moody said during a virtual media interaction facilitated by the Desert Vipers team of the ILT20.
Tom Moody further elaborated as to how these leagues could turn out to be beneficial for the players to secure their spot in the World Cup squad.
“If you are scoring runs, taking wickets and showing consistency, it only puts you in a good position as an individual when it comes to those final tough decisions around the selection table. It allows you to continue with that sort of confidence, going into an important (T20) World Cup," Moody added.
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