T20 World Cup: First Batch of Indian Players Set to Depart for US on May 25

The first batch of Indian cricketers is set to depart for the US on May 25 to participate in the ICC T20 World Cup. This group will comprise of players not engaged with the playoffs of the IPL 2024. The competition, enthusiastically anticipated by cricket fans around the world, is planned to start off on June 1 in the West Indies and the USA.

India’s mission will begin on June 5 against Ireland at the recently built Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. This match will stamp the start of India’s mission to end their ICC prize dry season. Following the Ireland game, one of the most expected matches of the competition, the India versus Pakistan conflict, is planned for June 9. This apparatus is supposed to draw gigantic viewership, as it generally does, given the notable contention between the two countries.

Accordingly, India will confront the USA, one of the competition’s co-has, on June 12. The gathering stage for India will close with a match against Canada on June 15. Each game in the gathering stage will be urgent as India seeks secure areas of strength for a for the knockout rounds.

The ‘Men in Blue’ have not won an ICC prize since their triumph in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. Regardless of being quite possibly of the most predictable group throughout the past ten years, arriving at the finals of the 50-over World Cup in 2023, the elimination rounds in 2015 and 2019, the title conflict of the ICC World Test Title in 2021 and 2023, the T20 World Cup last in 2014, and the elimination rounds in 2016 and 2022, they have not figured out how to secure a prize. This has included huge tension the group to convey this time around.

Under the authority of Rohit Sharma, the group will plan to reproduce their prosperity from the debut T20 World Cup in 2007, where they arose triumphant under MS Dhoni’s captaincy. The ongoing crew brags a mix experienced campaigners and youthful gifts, making it an imposing side.

In the last T20 World Cup held in Australia in 2022, India was taken out by Britain in the elimination rounds, losing by 10 wickets. This time, the not entirely settled to go as far as possible and lift the prize.

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India’s squad – Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav.

The reserves are Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, and Avesh Khan.

As the Indian group gears up for this tournamen, fans and investigators the same will be definitely watching their presentation, expecting a victorious finish to their ICC title dry spell.