When and where to watch India’s T20 World Cup matches? Tournament format, group match time

New Delhi. The Indian cricket team is fully prepared for the ICC T20 World Cup. In the warm-up match held just before the tournament, Team India has badly defeated the Bangladesh team. Thanks to Rishabh Pant’s fifty and Hardik Pandya’s fast innings, India batted first and scored 182 runs for 5 wickets. In response, the Bangladesh team could only reach 122 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In which group has India been placed this time and when will its match be played. We are going to tell you everything.

Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team will play the T20 World Cup for the second consecutive time. The last season was not good for India as it was badly eliminated in the semi-finals after losing to England. This time Team India has learnt from its past mistakes and it is hoped that Rohit Sharma will end India’s drought of ICC trophy.

T20 World Cup schedule

This year’s ICC T20 World Cup is being played between 2 and 29 June under the hosting of America and West Indies Cricket Board. This time the matches are to be played on 9 grounds. 6 matches of T20 World Cup will be played in West Indies while 3 will be played in America. In West Indies, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago have been selected to host the matches. T20 World Cup matches will be played in Florida, New York and Texas of America.

T20 World Cup 2024 groups and teams

This time ICC T20 World Cup is being played between 20 teams. Four groups of 5 teams each have been formed. India has been placed in Group A along with Pakistan. Ireland and Canada have been placed in this group along with host USA.

Group A: India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada, USA
Group B: England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland, Oman
Group C: New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda, Papua New Guinea
Group D: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Nepal

What is the format of the tournament

The teams placed in each group will play one match each. After the league matches, the top two teams in the group will get a chance to advance to the Super 8. From here, four teams will advance to the semi-finals and then the final match of the tournament will be played. A total of 55 matches will be played between 20 teams in the tournament. There will be a total of 40 matches in the group stage while 12 matches will be played in the Super-8. After this, there will be two semi-finals and finally the final.

Group matches: 2 to 17 June
Super 8: June 19 to 24
Semi-final matches: June 26 and 27
Final: Saturday 29 June, Reserve day: 30 June
Reserve day has been kept for the semi-finals and final.

Timing of India’s matches

Team India will start its T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland on June 5. After this, there will be a match against Pakistan on June 9. All the matches of Team India will be played from 8 pm according to Indian time. All the matches of this tournament can be seen live on Star Sports Network. Talking about live streaming, users can watch the match for free on mobile on Disney + Hotstar app and desktop users on hotstar.com.

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