Defending champions India are placed in Group A with first-time qualifier Japan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super League stage.

As another decade comes to an end, we take a look at eleven players who stood out in the shortest format of the game. Here is our T20I XI of the decade

Rohit Sharma had a memorable 2019 when he scored 10 hundreds across formats, including five in the World Cup.

Virat Kohli finished 2019 with over 2000 international runs -- the sixth time he has achieved in his career.

Senior Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan also returned to India's squad for the upcoming limited over series.

Rohit Sharma won the Player of the Series trophy following his scores of 36, 159 and 63 against West Indies at home.

As India secured a series victory against West Indies, we take a look at the major stats and records from the final ODI.

Rohit was awarded the Player of the Series trophy for his knocks of 36, 159 and 77 against West Indies.

Kohli reclaimed the top spot with his 98th fifty-plus score in the third and final ODI game of the series against West Indies at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. 

Rohit scored his 43rd ODI half-century on Sunday in the third and final ODI match against West Indies at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack en route to his run-a-ball score of 63

With two boundaries and a single against Sheldon Cottrell on Sunday at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, India's Rohit Sharma broke a 22-year-old world record in international cricket.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma has stacked up astonishing numbers while batting as a pair but when it comes to facing quality fast bowlers, the celebrated opening pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly had a far tougher job.

Both skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma stand neck-and-neck at the top of international run charts in 2019 with the latter sitting atop.

Presently on 2379 runs from 46 matches, Rohit stands nine runs away from breaking Sri Lankan legend Sanath Jayasuriya's record tally of 2387 runs from 37 matches amassed in 1997

Rohit Sharma, who scored 159 in the second ODI against West Indies, said that it's his responsibility to score as many runs as possible as the senior batsman in the side.

Rohit Sharma captivated with his languid brilliance in the company of an equally graceful KL Rahul before Kuldeep Yadav topped it up with a hat-trick in India's series-levelling 107-run victory against the West Indies in second ODI.

Rohit Sharma scored 159 in the second ODI against West Indies in Visakhapatnam.

Rohit Sharma slammed his 28th ODI century overall and 7th overall as India played West Indies in Vizag in the second ODI.

Shai Hope is currently third in the ODI run-getters' list this year with 1225 runs behind Virat Kohli (1292 runs) and Rohit Sharma (1268 runs).

Only 56 runs separate Indian captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma at the top of the highest run-getters in ODIs in 2019.