The first batch of India players, together with captain Rohit Sharma, head coach Rahul Dravid left for the United States on Saturday to participate in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, beginning June 1.
Apart from Rohit and Dravid, the first batch included Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Axar Patel and the batting coach Vikram Rathour amongst others.
Other India players, together with the previous skipper Virat Kohli, are set to be part of the remaining of the squad later.
Notably, the USA and the West Indies are collectively internet hosting the eighth version of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The match will get underway on June 1 with the curtain-raiser slated to be performed between USA and Canada on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas.
India are scheduled to play a solitary warm-up recreation in opposition to Bangladesh on June 1 on the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York as an element of their preparation for the multi-nation match.
India have been positioned in Group A alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, co-hosts USA, Canada and Ireland. The Rohit Sharma-led aspect will open its marketing campaign with a conflict in opposition to Ireland on June 5 on the not too long ago unveiled Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
The Men in Blue will then tackle Pakistan in a high-voltage fixture on June 9 on the identical venue. Their third group-stage fixture is in opposition to USA on June 12 in New York and they’re going to journey to Lauderhill, Florida to lock horns with Canada in their final group recreation on June 15.
India’s squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024:
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj
Travelling Reserves:Â Â Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan
