ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Everything you need to know about the tournament, starting June 2— Check fixtures, squads, other details
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: This year, for the first time, a total of 20 teams will be participating in the tournament, which will be hosted in captivating venues in the USA and West Indies.
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: The stage is all set with the cricket fever at an all-time high, as less than a month remains until the start of the ninth edition of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
The cricketing world is abuzz with excitement as teams have finally announced their squads for the tournament, which promises to be an electrifying display of talent, strategy, and sportsmanship starting June 2 (IST).
This year, for the first time, a total of 20 teams will be participating in the tournament, which will be hosted in captivating venues in the USA and West Indies.
For the group stage, the teams have been divided into four groups of five, and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super Eights stage of the tournament.
In this stage, the teams will be further divided into two groups of four, and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.
This year, the African nation of Uganda has also qualified for the tournament over the likes of Zimbabwe in the African qualifiers, making it to their first-ever ICC World Cup tournament. The tournament is set to start with the hosts, the USA, taking on Canada on Sunday, June 2.
India will face Ireland in their first match of the competition, with the high-octane clash against their arch-rivals Pakistan scheduled for June 9.
A total of 55 matches will be played across nine venues in the tournament, which will keep fans at the edge of their seats for a month-long extravaganza of cricketing brilliance.
Here's all the details you need to know about the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024—
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Team Squads
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik. Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa
Bangladesh: Yet to be announced
Canada: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dilon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan, Shreyas Movva. Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar.
England: Jos Buttler (c), Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Jonathan Bairstow, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Tom Hartley, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, Mark Wood
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj. Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, and Avesh Khan
Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young
Namibia: Yet to be announced
Nepal: Rohit Paudel (c), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee
Netherlands: Yet to be announced
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Finn Allen, Trent Boult, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee. Travelling Reserve: Ben Sears
Oman: Aqib Ilyas (c), Zeeshan Maqsood, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale (wk), Ayaan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Naseem Khushi (wk), Mehran Khan, Bilal Khan, Rafiullah, Kaleemullah, Fayyaz Butt, Shakeel Ahmad, Khalid Kail. Reserves: Jatinder Singh, Samay Shrivastava, Sufyan Mehmood, Jay Odedra
Papua New Guinea: Assadollah Vala (c), Alei Nao, Chad Soper, CJ Amini, Hila Vare, Hiri Hiri, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Kabua Vagi Morea, Kipling Doriga, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau, Tony Ura
Pakistan: Yet to be announced
Scotland: Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Chris Greaves, Oli Hairs, Jack Jarvis, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal
South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ottniel Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Bjorn Fortuin, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs
Sri Lanka: Yet to be announced
Uganda: Brian Masaba (c), Simon Ssesazi, Roger Mukasa, Cosmas Kyewuta, Dinesh Nakrani, Fred Achelam, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramjani, Frank Nsubuga, Henry Ssenyondo, Bilal Hassun, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah, Juma Miyaji, Ronak Patel. Travelling Reserves: Innocent Mwebaze, Ronald Lutaaya.
United States: Monank Patel (captain), Aaron Jones (vice-Captain), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir. Reserves: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.
West Indies: Rovman Powell (c), Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hossain, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd.
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Groups
Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, 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
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Match Officials
ICC has announced a list of 26 match officials for the tournament—
Umpires: Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Allahudien Paleker, Richard Kettleborough, Jayaraman Madanagopal, Nitin Menon, Sam Nogajski, Ahsan Raza, Rashid Riaz, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Shahid Saikat, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson, and Asif Yaqoob.
Match referees: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andrew Pycroft, Richie Richardson, and Javagal Srinath.
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Group Fixtures(Timings in IST)
MATCHES | DATE | TIME | VENUE |
USA vs CANADA | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | 6:00 am | Dallas |
WEST INDIES vs PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Sun Jun 2, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Guyana |
NAMIBIA vs OMAN | Mon Jun 3, 2024 | 6:00 am | Barbados |
SRI LANKA vs SOUTH AFRICA | Mon Jun 3, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
AFGHANISTAN vs UGANDA | Tue Jun 4, 2024 | 6:00 am | Guyana |
ENGLAND vs SCOTLAND | Tue Jun 4, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Barbados |
NETHERLANDS vs NEPAL | Tue Jun 4, 2024 | 9:00 pm | Dallas |
INDIA vs IRELAND | Wed Jun 5, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA vs UGANDA | Thur Jun 6, 2024 | 5:00 am | Guyana |
AUSTRALIA vs OMAN | Thur Jun 6, 2024 | 6:00 am | Barbados |
USA vs PAKISTAN | Thur Jun 6, 2024 | 9:00 pm | Dallas |
NAMIBIA vs SCOTLAND | Fri Jun 7, 2024 | 12:30 am | Barbados |
CANADA vs IRELAND | Fri Jun 7, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
NEW ZEALAND vs AFGHANISTAN | Sat Jun 8, 2024 | 5:00 am | Guyana |
SRI LANKA vs BANGLADESH | Sat Jun 8, 2024 | 6:00 am | Dallas |
NETHERLANDS vs SOUTH AFRICA | Sat Jun 8, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND | Sat Jun 8, 2024 | 10:30 pm | Barbados |
WEST INDIES vs UGANDA | Sun Jun 9, 2024 | 6:00 am | Guyana |
INDIA vs PAKISTAN | Sun Jun 9, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
OMAN vs SCOTLAND | Sun Jun 9, 2024 | 10:30 pm | Antigua |
SOUTH AFRICA vs BANGLADESH | Mon Jun 10, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
PAKISTAN vs CANADA | Tue Jun 11, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
SRI LANKA vs NEPAL | Wed Jun 12, 2024 | 5:00 am | Florida |
AUSTRALIA vs NAMIBIA | Wed Jun 12, 2024 | 6:00 am | Antigua |
USA vs INDIA | Wed Jun 12, 2024 | 8:00 pm | New York |
WEST INDIES vs NEW ZEALAND | Thur Jun 13, 2024 | 6:00 am | Trinidad and Tobago |
BANGLADESH vs NETHERLANDS | Thur Jun 13, 2024 | 8:00 pm | St Vincent |
ENGLAND vs OMAN | Fri Jun 14, 2024 | 12:30 am | Antigua |
AFGHANISTAN vs PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Fri Jun 14, 2024 | 6:00 am | Trinidad and Tobago |
USA vs IRELAND | Fri Jun 14, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Florida |
SOUTH AFRICA vs NEPAL | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | 5:00 am | St Vincent |
NEW ZEALAND vs UGANDA | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | 6:00 am | Trinidad and Tobago |
INDIA vs CANADA | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Florida |
NAMIBIA vs ENGLAND | Sat Jun 15, 2024 | 10:30 pm | Antigua |
AUSTRALIA vs SCOTLAND | Sun Jun 16, 2024 | 6:00 am | St Lucia |
PAKISTAN vs IRELAND | Sun Jun 16, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Florida |
BANGLADESH vs NEPAL | Mon Jun 17, 2024 | 5:00 am | St Vincent |
SRI LANKA vs NETHERLANDS | Mon Jun 17, 2024 | 6:00 am | St Lucia |
NEW ZEALAND vs PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Mon Jun 17, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Trinidad and Tobago |
WEST INDIES vs AFGHANISTAN | Tue Jun 18, 2024 | 6:00 am | St Lucia |
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Super Eight Fixtures (Timings in IST)
MATCHES | DATE | TIME | VENUE |
A2 vs D1 | Wed Jun 19, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Antigua |
B1 vs C2 | Thur Jun 20, 2024 | 6:00 am | St Lucia |
C1 vs A1 | Thur Jun 20, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Barbados |
B2 vs D2 | Fri Jun 21, 2024 | 6:00 am | Antigua |
B1 vs D1 | Fri Jun 21, 2024 | 8:00 pm | St Lucia |
A2 vs C2 | Sat Jun 22, 2024 | 6:00 am | Barbados |
A1 vs D2 | Sat Jun 22, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Antigua |
C1 vs B2 | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | 6:00 am | St Vincent |
A2 vs B1 | Sun Jun 23, 2024 | 8:00 pm | Barbados |
C2 vs D1 | Mon Jun 24, 2024 | 6:00 am | Antigua |
B2 vs A1 | Mon Jun 24, 2024 | 8:00 pm | St Lucia |
C1 vs D2 | Tue Jun 25, 2024 | 6:00 am | St Vincent |
ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024: Knockout Fixtures
Thursday, June 27, 6 am : Semi-Final 1, Guyana
Thursday, June 27, 8 pm : Semi-Final 2, Trinidad
Saturday, June 29, 8 pm: Final, Barbados
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