ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Pakistan squad, schedule, times, venues and everything you need to know

The 10th edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup begins on June 2 with the USA and West Indies co-hosting the mega tournament. The grand tournament will be one of the biggest ICC events as twenty teams will compete for ultimate glory. The twenty teams have been divided into four groups of five for the first phase of the tournament. During the first group stage, each team plays at least four matches against the other teams in their group. The top two teams from each group advance to the Super 8s stage, while the bottom three teams are eliminated.

In the Super 8s phase, the remaining eight teams are divided into two groups. Each team will play three matches against their group rivals, which will determine the semi-finalists. The semi-finals will feature the top two teams from each Super 8s group, with the winners advancing to the final. The one-off final will be held in Barbados on June 29.

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2022 T20 World Cup runners-up Pakistan will begin their quest to lift the trophy once again. The team is currently in England for the four-match T20I series, which concludes on Thursday, May 30. The Babar Azam-led team will fly to the US to participate in the grand tournament. Team India’s T20 World Cup schedule

PAKISTAN IN GROUP A OF T20 WORLD CUP

India, Pakistan, hosting the United States, Ireland and Canada, will form Group A of the 20-team ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, which starts on June 1. The teams compete in a single-round robin format, with each team playing against every other team in the group. The top two teams will advance to the Super Eight stage of the tournament. All Group A matches will be held exclusively in the United States, with the West Indies co-hosting the event. The tournament opener will take place June 1 between the United States and Canada at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas.

Pakistan, the 2009 T20 World Cup champions, will start their campaign against hosts USA in Texas on June 6, followed by a big match against arch-rivals Pakistan on June 9. They will take on Canada on June 11 in New York, before the caravan. moves to Lauderhill, Florida for the final match against Ireland on June 16.

LUMINAIRES

June 6: USA vs Pakistan, Texas – 9:00 PM IST
June 9: India vs Pakistan, New York – 8:00 PM IST
June 11: Pakistan vs Canada, New York – 8:00 PM IST
June 16: Pakistan vs Ireland, Florida – 8:00 PM IST

SUPER 8 STAGE

The positions of the eight seeded teams – England, Australia, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa and Sri Lanka – will be pre-determined for the Super 8 stage, regardless of their ranking in the first pool stage. This arrangement results in the following potential groups: Group 1 would include India (A1), Australia (B2), New Zealand (C1) and Sri Lanka (D2), while Group 2 would include Pakistan (A2), England (B1) . , West Indies (C2) and South Africa (D1). T20 World Cup: Group A Example

If an unseeded team qualifies for the Super 8s, they will take over the seeding of the team they replaced. In the case of two unseeded qualifiers from the same group, their position in the Super 8s will be determined by their ranking. Each team in the Super 8s plays the others in their group once, with the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals. This means that Pakistan are expected to be clubbed A2 regardless of where they finish in the group, and will then progress to the Caribbean Islands for the Super 8 stage of the tournament, where they would face England, the West Indies and South Africa Meet.

POTENTIAL SUPER 8 SCHEDULE FOR PAKISTAN

June 19: Pakistan vs South Africa, Antigua – 8:00 PM IST
June 22: West Indies vs Pakistan, Barbados – 06:00 IST
June 23: Pakistan vs England, Barbados – 06:00 IST

PAKISTAN SQUAD FOR T20 WORLD CUP 2024

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced a strong 15-member squad for the upcoming 2024 ICC T20 World Cup on May 24. Babar was handed the captaincy of the T20I team from Shaheen Afridi two months before the tournament. The star batsman will lead the Men in Green in the ICC T20 World Cup. Young people like Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Saim Ayub and Usman Khan. Meanwhile, experienced players like Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim have reversed their retirement to feature in the squad.

Babar Azam (c), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan