With the Men's T20 World Cup starting on Saturday, we assess the five teams who can knock Australia off its pedestal and win the tournament down under.
In no particular order, these are the nations who will make some serious noise as they look to snatch the title from the hosts.
5. Pakistan
For a country used to frustrating its supporters with Jekyll and Hyde results, Pakistan will look to turn around its fortunes. After falling to Australia in the semifinal at last year's tournament, the team will bring the same squad down under.
The squad includes the dangerous Mohammad Rizwan, skipper Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman and Asif Ali with Azam and Rizwan the first and third leading run-scorers in the UAE tournament respectively. Their contributions will be more important than ever.
With a batting lineup having the potential to match it with the best, the bowling ranks are young, vigorous and energetic. Shadab Khan who is part of the squad was the side's leading wicket-taker with nine scalps, including figures of 4/26 in the semifinal loss to Australia. Alongside him are Haris Raif, Mohammad Hasnain, Nassem Shah, and Shaheen Afridi. Shah and Afridi's speed and height on the Australian decks will present problems for opposition batsmen.
Coming into the tournament, Pakistan has had solid form including winning the Tri-Series over New Zealand and Bangladesh and sweeps of the West Indies and Bangladesh. On top of this a thrilling seven-game T20 series loss to England and losing the Asia Cup final to Sri Lanka.
Given its recent run of results, it would be unwise to write off Pakistan as it seeks to claim the Cup for the first time since 2009.
