ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Format, squads, schedule – All you need to know as the ninth edition begins
The tournament begins on June 1 with hosts United States taking on Canada in Dallas, Texas.
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The 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will begin on Saturday (Sunday as per Indian Standard Time) with an opening clash between the United States of America and Canada.
The ninth edition of the global event, being co-hosted by the United States and West Indies, is the largest ever World Cup in history of cricket in terms of the number of teams competing. The tournament will witness a total of 20 teams battling it out in 55 matches to be crowned world champions in the shortest format of the sport.
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Here’s all you need to know about the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup:
The teams competing
A total of 20 teams will compete at the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. While the United States and West Indies qualified automatically by the virtue of being the hosts, a total of eight teams – India, England, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Netherlands – earned direct qualification as the best teams in the previous edition held in Australia in 2022.
The remainder of the ten teams made it through various qualification routes. For example, Afghanistan and Bangladesh qualified on the basis of their T20I rankings.
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