T20 World Cup 2024: 3 Teams that are playing for first time in the tournament

Unlike earlier editions, T20 World Cup is about to witness 20 groups participating in the competitors for the first time. Teams have been divided into 4 teams of 5 every who will struggle to make it to prime two. From every group, two groups will qualify for the Super 8 spherical advert subsequently will qualify for semis and closing that is scheduled on June 29. Meanwhile, a number of groups are that includes in the competitors for the first time. Let us take a look at them:

1. Canada

Canada have featured in ODI World Cup earlier than however that is the first time that they are playing in the shortest format at the highest stage. Canada received the Americas Region Final tournament getting the higher of Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Panama final 12 months to qualify for the tournament. They topped the factors desk after every staff performed six matches. In truth, Canada and Bermuda each groups tied on 9 factors however the former staff boasted of a web run-rate of 4.073 and therefore, certified for the T20 World Cup.

As for the upcoming version, Canada will play the opening recreation of the competitors towards hosts USA at Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas on June 2 at 6 AM IST (Indian Standard Time). Veteran Saad Bin Zafar will likely be main Canada in their first ever T20 World Cup.

Squad: Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Ravinderpal Singh, Navneet Dhaliwal, Kaleem Sana, Dilon Heyliger, Jeremy Gordon, Nikhil Dutta, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Rayyankhan Pathan, Junaid Siddiqui, Dilpreet Bajwa, Shreyas Movva, Rishiv Joshi.

Reservs: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu, Parveen Kumar

Canada is a part of Group A alongside India, Pakistan, USA and Ireland.

2. United States of America

USA are additionally that includes in the T20 World Cup for the first time by the advantage of being the hosts. They did not must play any qualifiers to make it to the tournament this time round and mechanically certified. USA are coming into the competitors with a strong collection win over Bangladesh lately. They received the three-match collection 2-1 and can begin their marketing campaign towards Canada in the first recreation of the tournament in Dallas. USA have Corey Anderson up their sleeve who performed for New Zealand earlier than at the worldwide stage. Apart from him, India’s U19 World Cup member Harmeet Singh can also be playing for them this 12 months. Indian-origin participant Monank Patel has been named the captain of the staff.

Squad: Monank Patel (c), Aaron Jones, Andries Gous, Corey Anderson, Ali Khan, Harmeet Singh, Jessy Singh, Milind Kumar, Nisarg Patel, Nitish Kumar, Noshtush Kenjige, Saurabh Nethralvakar, Shadley Van Schalkwyk, Steven Taylor, Shayan Jahangir

Reserves: Gajanand Singh, Juanoy Drysdale, Yasir Mohammad.

USA is a part of Group A alongside India, Pakistan, Canada and Ireland.

3. Uganda

Uganda are the newcomers in the T20 World Cup this 12 months having certified by the Africa Region Qualifier tournament that was performed final 12 months. They ended second amongst seven groups and trumped Zimbabwe to make it to the mega occasion. In truth, Uganda created an enormous upset beating Zimbabwe in the tournament that turned the tables on the latter aspect in phrases of qualification. Namibia additionally certified alongside Uganda from the tournament however they’ve featured in the tournament earlier than. Brian Masaba will turn out to be the first ever captain to steer Uganda in the T20 World Cup when he’ll take the subject towards Afghanistan on June 3 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

Squad: Brian Masaba (c), Simon Ssesazi, Roger Mukasa, Cosmas Kyewuta, Dinesh Nakrani, Fred Achelam, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramjani, Frank Nsubuga, Henry Ssenyondo, Bilal Hassun, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah, Juma Miyaji, Ronak Patel

Reserves: Innocent Mwebaze, Ronald Lutaaya

Uganda are in Group C alongside Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, West Indies and Afghanistan.