It’s the first ICC occasion that shall be performed within the USA whereas then again, West Indies develop into the primary workforce within the historical past of the match to host the occasion twice. They hosted the match in 2010 when England beat Australia. Good omens for the defending champions, maybe? Canada, Uganda and co-hosts USA are all set to seem of their first ICC Males’s T20 World Cup. And in a welcome transfer, the 2024 males’s version is the largest by way of groups collaborating – 20 in whole – making the world within the World Cup somewhat extra related.
The fidelity of two gamers. India’s Rohit Sharma and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan are set to develop into the one gamers to take part in all 9 editions of the match. Rohit was a part of the tournament-winning workforce in 2007 underneath MS Dhoni.
The place are the USA venues?
In america, the three cities that may host matches are New York, Texas and Florida, sharing 16 matches between them. New York will host eight of those matches, together with the marquee India-Pakistan conflict. USA will host solely the preliminary group-stage matches.
What concerning the Windies?
Six Caribbean nations will host 39 matches. Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago will host these video games throughout three phases of the match. The ultimate shall be performed in Barbados on June 29.
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Who’re the groups and the way did they get right here?
USA and West Indies certified as hosts. Then got here the highest 8 of the 2022 version: England, Pakistan, India, New Zealand had been the 4 semifinalists and from Tremendous 12, it was Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and Netherlands. Afghanistan and Bangladesh made it based mostly on the world rankings. Then, by the varied qualifying occasions, Eire, Scotland, Papua New Guinea, Canada, Nepal, Oman and Uganda made the lower.
What’s the format then?
To start out off, the 20 groups have been divided into 4 teams with predetermined seedings: so A1 is India, B2 is Australia and so forth. That is vital as a result of it determines the Tremendous 8 teams. Extra on that later. Groups play one another within the first stage and high two from every group proceed to Tremendous 8s, which shall be additional divided into two teams. No factors are carried ahead from the First Spherical to the Tremendous 8.
So Tremendous 8… what’s that each one about?
The difficult half right here is that the teams are virtually predecided, barring any main first-round upsets. Group 1 shall be A1, B2, C1, D2 and Group 2 shall be A2, B1, C2, D1. This primarily means the India-Pakistan consequence wouldn’t actually matter so long as they each win their different matches. India will nonetheless be A1 even when lose towards Pakistan and end in Group 2. In Group D, in case the standings develop into Bangladesh, South Africa and Sri Lanka, then SA will nonetheless be D1 whereas Bangladesh shall be D2 as a substitute of Sri Lanka. Yep, it’s sophisticated.
The workforce positioned first in Group 1 will play the workforce positioned second in Group 2, and the opposite method spherical, for the 2 semifinals.
What about ties?
Worry not New Zealand, there aren’t any boundary countbacks. As is the case in worldwide cricket now, any tied match within the World Cup shall be determined by a Tremendous Over, and if that’s tied too, there shall be subsequent Tremendous Overs until a winner emerges.
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Do it’s important to get up early to observe India?
A giant think about a World Cup being performed within the Americas is the time distinction in fact for followers in India. However worry not, the ICC has taken excellent care of your sleep cycles. All of India’s matches within the group stage shall be performed within the morning USA time, to ensure the beginning time in India is 8.30 pm. And it doesn’t finish there. Since India shall be A1 anyway in Tremendous 8, all of these matches are additionally 8.00 pm IST begins. There’s extra… if India qualifies for the semifinals, they’ll play in the second scheduled for Guyana on the 27 June regardless of whether or not they’re No 1 or 2 in Group 1. Yep, you guessed it, that begins at 8 pm too.
A fast word on reserve days
Whereas the Guyana semifinal ensures a superb viewing time in India, solely the semifinal in Trinidad has a reserve day. However a most of 250 minutes is allotted to that match, in comparison with 190 for semifinal 1 and the ultimate.
(With inputs from ICC’s Opta pack)