Indian team has left for America for T20 World Cup 2024
America and West Indies will host the T20 World Cup 2024 starting from June 2. The Indian cricket team will start its campaign against Ireland from June 5. Before this, the Indian team will play the only practice match against Bangladesh. India will face Pakistan on June 9, followed by matches against co-hosts USA (June 12) and Canada (June 15) in Group A.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024: The first batch of Indian cricketers, including captain Rohit Sharma, left for America on Saturday. Apart from Rohit, the coaching staff also left for America. The players took off from Mumbai airport. Many other players including Virat Kohli will leave with the away group.
Apart from captain Rohit Sharma, the first batch includes head coach Rahul Dravid, batting coach Vikram Rathod, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, batsman Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Mohammad Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, who returned to cricket after a long time, also left for America.
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India first match in T20 World Cup
The T20 World Cup 2024, starting from June 2, will be hosted by America and West Indies. The Indian cricket team will start its campaign against Ireland from June 5. Before that, the Indian team will play the only practice match against Bangladesh. India will face Pakistan on June 9, followed by matches against co-hosts USA (June 12) and Canada (June 15) in Group A.
These players are yet to Go
Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator on Wednesday, while they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier-2 on Friday night. SRH will face Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. In such a situation, some Indian players like Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson and Yuzvendra Chahal have not joined the team yet.
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