 "All eyes will be on India vs Pakistan Group A match in the T20 World Cup 2024. Reuters")
The T20 World Cup 2024 kicks off on 1 June (2 June in India) in the Americas with a Group A match between co-host USA and Canada. Group A of the ICC event will also be in focus because cricketing giants and arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been placed in it. The much-anticipated India vs Pakistan match will take place on 9 June at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
Besides India, Pakistan, USA and Canada, Ireland is the fifth member of Group A. The T20 World Cup 2024 will be the first to have a record 20 teams with each of the four groups having five teams.
Ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024, here’s a comprehensive look at Group A and its teams.
India
World Ranking: 1
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Coach: Rahul Dravid
Top scorer in T20Is: Virat Kohli (4037 runs)
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More ShortsTop wicket-taker in T20Is: Yuzvendra Chahal (96 wickets)
T20 World Cup history:
2007: Champion
2009: Super 8s
2010: Super 8s
2012: Super 8s
2014: Runners-up
2016: Semi-final
2021: Super 12s
2022: Semi-final
Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, 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).
Schedule:
vs Ireland on 5 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs Pakistan on 9 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs USA on 12 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs Canada on 15 June at 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill
Pakistan
World Ranking: 7
Captain: Babar Azam
Coach: Gary Kirsten
Top scorer in T20Is: Babar Azam (3955 runs)
Top wicket-taker in T20Is: Shadab Khan (107 wickets)
T20 World Cup history:
2007: Runners-up
2009: Champion
2010: Semi-final
2012: Semi-final
2014: Super 10s
2016: Super 10s
2021: Semi-final
2022: Runners-up
Squad: Yet to be announced.
Schedule:
vs USA on 6 June at 9 PM IST at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
vs India on 9 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs Canada on 11 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs Ireland on 16 June at 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill
Ireland
World Ranking: 11
Captain: Paul Stirling
Coach: Heinrich Malan
Top scorer in T20Is: Paul Stirling (3521 runs)
Top wicket-taker in T20Is: Mark Adair (114 wickets)
T20 World Cup history:
2007: Did not qualify
2009: Super 8s
2010: Group stage
2012: Group stage
2014: Group stage
2016: Group stage
2021: Group stage
2022: Super 12s
Squad: Paul Stirling (c), Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock (wk), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Ben White and Craig Young.
Schedule:
vs India on 5 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs Canada on 7 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs USA on 14 June at 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill
vs Pakistan on 15 June at 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill
USA
World Ranking: 19
Captain: Monank Patel
Coach: Stuart Law
Top scorer in T20Is: Steven Taylor (711 runs)
Top wicket-taker in T20Is: Nisarg Patel (27 wickets)
T20 World Cup history:
2007: Did not qualify
2009: Did not qualify
2010: Did not qualify
2012: Did not qualify
2014: Did not qualify
2016: Did not qualify
2021: Did not qualify
2022: Did not qualify
Squad: Monank Patel (c & wk), Aaron Jones (vc), Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Netravalkar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor and Shayan Jahangir.
Schedule:
vs Canada on 2 June at 6 AM IST at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
vs Pakistan on 6 June at 9 PM IST at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
vs India on 12 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs Ireland on 14 June at 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill
Canada
World Ranking: 23
Captain: Saad Bin Zafar
Coach: Pubudu Dassanayake
Top scorer in T20Is: Navneet Dhaliwal (870 runs)
Top wicket-taker in T20Is: Saad Bin Zafar (43 wickets)
T20 World Cup history:
2007: Did not qualify
2009: Did not qualify
2010: Did not qualify
2012: Did not qualify
2014: Did not qualify
2016: Did not qualify
2021: Did not qualify
2022: Did not qualify
Squad: 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).
Schedule:
vs USA on 2 June at 6 AM IST at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
vs Ireland on 7 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs Pakistan on 11 June at 8 PM IST at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York
vs India on 15 June at 8 PM IST at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground, Lauderhill
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