The details of Team India's departure for the USA to participate in the T20 World Cup 2024 have been revealed.
As per details, the majority of the players along with the support staff will be flying out to New York on May 25, with the rest leaving for the T20 World Cup only after the IPL final on May 26.
Previously, members of teams failing to qualify for the playoffs were scheduled to leave for New York on May 21, two days after the final league game of the IPL on 19th May. However, there has been a change in plans, and now the first batch will depart on 25th May.
“The likes of skipper Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel are some of the players along with support staff who are expected to leave on May 25,” a BCCI source told PTI on the condition of anonymity.
“Earlier, the departure date for first batch was May 21 but since India is playing only one warm-up game (vs Bangladesh on June 1), the players will get to spend some extra days at home,” the source added.
Only the players who are part of the IPL final will remain behind and will depart for New York on May 27.
This will also provide the squad with sufficient time to reduce jet lag and have at least three to four quality net sessions before the warm-up game against Bangladesh.
India will begin their campaign against Ireland on June 5 in New York, followed by the marquee clash against Pakistan on June 9.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice Captain), 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.
India T20 World Cup 2024 schedule
June 5, 2024: India vs Ireland - New York.
June 9, 2024: India vs Pakistan - New York.
June 12, 2024: USA vs India - New York.
June 15, 2024: India vs Canada - Florida