Revealed on: Jan 06, 2024
The schedule for 2024 ICC Males’s T20 World Cup was introduced on Friday, January 5. The event will probably be performed within the USA and the West Indies from June 1 to June 29. The World Cup will start with a match between co-hosts USA and Canada on the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas. West Indies, the opposite co-hosts, will start their marketing campaign in opposition to Papua New Guinea on the Guyana Nationwide Stadium on June 2.
The marquee India vs Pakistan conflict will probably be held at a 34,000-seater pop-up facility in New York on June 9. The T20 World Cup will probably be performed throughout six venues within the West Indies and three within the USA. The semi-finals will probably be performed in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago on June 26 and 27 respectively, whereas the ultimate will probably be held on the Kensington Oval in Barbados on June 29.
Twenty groups are collaborating within the occasion and have been divided into 4 teams of 5 every. The teams are as follows:
Group A: India, Pakistan, Eire, Canada and the USA
Group B: England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland and Oman
Group C: New Zealand, the West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda and Papua New Guinea
Group D: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Netherlands and Nepal
The highest two groups from every group will progress to the Tremendous 8 spherical. Within the Tremendous 8, the groups will probably be divided into two teams and the highest two sides from every group will progress to the semi-finals.
“Groups seeded first and second of their teams within the first spherical will retain that seeding within the Tremendous Eight, supplied they qualify,” the ICC clarified.
On the official launch of the 2024 T20 World Cup schedule, ICC Chief Govt Geoff Allardice mentioned, “The discharge of the fixtures is made much more thrilling for followers as we enter a brand new frontier, with the USA internet hosting a significant ICC occasion for the primary time. With 16 matches being performed throughout three venues within the USA, it permits us to make an announcement on the planet’s greatest sports activities market.
“It is going to even be nice to have an ICC occasion again within the West Indies, which has such a wealthy historical past of the sport. It has hosted World Cups with nice success up to now and this event will definitely present a lift to the sport there, particularly with the ultimate being performed in Barbados,” he added.
England are the defending champions within the Males’s T20 World Cup. They beat Pakistan by 5 wickets within the 2022 T20 World Cup ultimate on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG).
–By A Cricket Correspondent
