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T20 World Cup 2024: New York will host the highly anticipated India vs Pakistan match
In 2024, the T20 World Cup will feature the highly anticipated match between India and Pakistan on June 9 at a 34,000-seat pop-up facility around thirty miles east of New York.
Published: Jan 06, 2024, 02:12 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 06, 2024, 02:12 PM (IST)
In 2024, the T20 World Cup will feature the highly anticipated match between India and Pakistan on June 9 at a 34,000-seat pop-up facility around thirty miles east of New York. The ICC revealed the development—which Cricket Country had previously covered in September—along with the itinerary for the ninth T20 World Cup, which will take place from June 1–July 9 at six locations in the West Indies and three in the USA.
The final will take place on Saturday, June 29 at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. On June 8, the arena will host a match between Australia and England, who are bitter rivals.
India’s Group A matches against Ireland and the USA will also be held at the Eisenhower Park facility in New York. According to the ICC, ten out of the twenty teams will really play their first game in the USA.
The co-hosts, USA and Canada, will square off in the tournament’s opening match at Dallas’ Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium. The other co-host, West Indies, will take on Papua New Guinea at the Guyana National Stadium the following day to begin their campaign.
India’s Group A matches against Ireland and the USA will also be held at the Eisenhower Park facility in New York. According to the ICC, ten out of the twenty teams will really play their first game in the USA.
The co-hosts, USA and Canada, will square off in the tournament’s opening match at Dallas’ Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium. The other co-host, West Indies, will take on Papua New Guinea at the Guyana National Stadium the following day to begin their campaign.
The 20 competing teams have been split up into the following four groups:
| Groups | Teams |
|---|---|
| Group A | India, Pakistan, Ireland, Canada and the USA |
| Group B | England, Australia, Namibia, Scotland and Oman |
| Group C | New Zealand, the West Indies, Afghanistan, Uganda and Papua New Guinea |
| Group D | South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Netherlands and Nepal |
The top two teams from each group advance to the Super Eight, which takes place in Barbados, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The Super Eight’s top two teams from each group will next advance to the semi-finals, which will take place on June 26 and 27, respectively, in Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana.
“Teams seeded first and second in their groups in the first round will retain that seeding in the Super Eight, provided they qualify,” the International Cricket Council stated.
ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice expressed his excitement about opening up a “new frontier” for cricket during his remarks on the occasion.
The release of the fixtures is made even more exciting for fans as we enter a new frontier, with the USA hosting a major ICC event for the first time. With 16 matches being played across three venues in the USA, it allows us to make a statement in the world’s biggest sports market,” Allardice stated.
“It will also be great to have an ICC event back in the West Indies, which has such a rich history of the game. It has hosted World Cups with great success in the past and this tournament will certainly provide a boost to the game there, especially with the final being played in Barbados.”
Vijay Srinivasan, the co-founder of Major League Cricket, stated: “Major League Cricket is delighted to host the marquee opening match for the biggest-ever ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the premier MLC venue, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in North Texas.
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“We know that cricket fans from across the country will be out in force on June 1 as the United States hosts Canada in the curtain-raiser for the tournament. The match will mark a new chapter in a rivalry dating back longer than any other in international cricket, all the way to 1844.”