The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the much-anticipated T20 World Cup 2024 Schedule yesterday evening. The biggest cricketing event of 2024 is set to begin on 1st June 2024 and the final will be played on 29 June 2024. The mega tournament will be hosted by the USA and West Indies and the matches will unfold in 9 different venues.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is going to be the biggest tournament in the history of international cricket as 20 nations from different parts of the world will participate in the mega event. For the first time, Canada and Uganda will be part of an ICC major tournament as the associate nations.
The latest update related to this major event is that the ICC has released the full schedule of the matches. 20 teams will be part of the event divided into 4 groups of five teams. Massive clashes in the waiting as Pakistan and India are drawn into the same group as well as England and Australia.
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T20 World Cup 2024 Schedule
The 9th edition of the ICC T20 World Cup will kick start in the month of June 2024 with the opening match between with host USA vs Canada in Dallas in June 2024. The co-host West Indies will be in action in the 2nd match against Papua New Guinea at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday 2 June 2024. The most anticipated clash Pakistan vs India to be played on 9 June 2024 in New York. The defending champions England will kickstart their campaign against Scotland in Barbados on June 6.
T20 World Cup 2024 Groups
The 20 nations are divided into four groups of five teams by ICC. The top two from each group will progress to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Super-Eight round. Here are all the teams and drawn groups in the upcoming event.
- Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada, and USA
- Group B: England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland, and Oman
- Group C: New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, and Papua New Guinea
- Group D: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, and Nepal
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Schedule & Fixtures List
Here is the fixtures list of matches to be played in the Group Stage, Super Eight, and Knock Out rounds.
- June 1 USA vs Canada Dallas
- June 2 West Indies vs Papua New Guinea Guyana
- June 2 Namibia vs Oman Barbados
- June 3 Sri Lanka vs South Africa New York
- June 4 Afghanistan vs Uganda Guyana
- June 4 England vs Scotland Barbados
- June 5 India vs Ireland New York
- June 5 Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Guyana
- June 5 Australia vs Oman Barbados
- June 6 USA vs Pakistan Dallas
- June 6 Namibia vs Scotland Barbados
- June 7 Canada vs Ireland New York
- June 7 New Zealand vs Afghanistan Guyana
- June 7 Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Dallas
- June 8 Netherlands vs South Africa New York
- June 8 Australia vs England Barbados
- June 8 West Indies vs Uganda Guyana
- June 9 India vs Pakistan New York
- June 9 Oman vs Scotland Antigua & Barbuda
- June 10 South Africa vs Bangladesh New York
- June 11 Pakistan vs Canada New York
- June 11 Sri Lanka vs Nepal Lauderhill
- June 11 Australia vs Namibia Antigua & Barbuda
- June 12 USA vs India New York
- June 12 West Indies vs New Zealand Trinidad and Tobago
- June 13 England vs Oman Antigua & Barbuda
- June 13 Bangladesh vs Netherlands Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- June 13 Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Trinidad and Tobago
- June 14 USA vs Ireland Lauderhill
- June 14 South Africa vs Nepal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- June 14 New Zealand vs Uganda Trinidad and Tobago
- June 15 India vs Canada Lauderhill
- June 15 Namibia vs England Antigua & Barbuda
- June 15 Australia vs Scotland Saint Lucia
- June 16 Pakistan vs Ireland Lauderhill
- June 16 Bangladesh vs Nepal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- June 16 Sri Lanka vs Netherlands Saint Lucia
- June 17 New Zealand vs Papua New Guinea Trinidad and Tobago
- June 17 West Indies vs Afghanistan Saint Lucia
- June 19 A2 vs D1 Antigua & Barbuda
- June 19 BI vs C2 Saint Lucia
- June 20 C1 vs A1 Barbados
- June 20 B2 vs D2 Antigua & Barbuda
- June 21 B1 vs D1 Saint Lucia
- June 21 A2 vs C2 Barbados
- June 22 A1 vs D2 Antigua & Barbuda
- June 22 C1 vs B2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- June 23 A2 vs B1 Barbados
- June 23 C2 vs D1 Antigua & Barbuda
- June 24 B2 vs A1 Saint Lucia
- June 24 C1 vs D2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- June 26 Semifinal 1 Guyana
- June 27 Semifinal 2 Trinidad and Tobago
- June 29 Final Barbados
T20 World Cup 2024 Format & Rounds
With the number of teams increasing in this year’s edition of Twenty Twenty World Cup 2024, the format also has little tweaks. Two teams from each of the 4 groups will qualify for the Super Eight round. The top 8 T20 World Cup 2024 teams qualified for this round will divided into two groups of four teams. The top two from each group will play the Semi-Finals and the winning two teams will be part of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final scheduled to be held on 29 June 2024 in Barbados.
Conclusion
ICC has announced the official T20 World Cup 2024 schedule and fans are already buzzing about the fixtures. The biggest rivalry in cricket India vs Pakistan is set to be played on 9 June 2024 in New York as both teams are drawn in the same group. All the fixtures and other important information related to the mega event are provided in this post.