India and Pakistan will deal with each other in New York in their group-stage match at the T20 World Cup 2024.
The cricketing competitors have actually been set up to dip into the 34,000-seat modular arena in Long Island on June 9.
Competition co-host, the United States, will open the ninth edition of the occasion versus its North American neighbour, Canada, on June 1 in Dallas.
The safeguarding champs, England, remain in the very same group as Ashes competitors Australia, and will play each other on June 8 in Barbados.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) revealed the schedule on Friday, 6 months before the broadened 20-team competition, which runs up until June 29 when joint co-hosts, the West Indies, will host the last in Barbados.
The leading 2 groups from each of the 4 groups will advance to the Super Eight round in an occasion that will make up 55 matches.
“The T20 World Cup 2024 marks an interesting growth of our sport with more groups than ever before set to contend in this occasion,” ICC president Geoff Allardice stated.
“It’s going to be an amazing phenomenon uniting groups from Africa, the Americas, Asia, East-Asia Pacific and Europe.”
Florida finishes the 3 United States locations to host group phase matches, although the competition afterwards will exclusively be staged in the Caribbean.
The schedule for the 2023 Cricket World Cup, the one-day global comparable ICC occasion, was just revealed 4 months before the competition, leaving fans annoyed by the timeframe for which to make travel plans.
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Cricket West Indies president Johnny Graves stated Friday’s statement marked a “considerable turning point” in their preparations.
“We understand that groups, fans and cricket lovers worldwide have actually been excitedly awaiting this statement,” Graves stated.
“Now that it is readily available, it supplies a roadmap for the thrilling journey that lies ahead.”
India were beat finalists on home soil at the current 50-over World Cup as Australia disturbed the chances to win by 6 wickets in Ahmedabad. They were likewise left disappointed in the 2021 T20 World Cup, ending up simply outside the credentials area from their Super 12 group.
Pakistan topped that group, beating India by 10 wickets en route, however were knocked out at the semifinal phase by Australia. They completed fifth in the groupto lose out on a location in the last 4 at the 2023 50-over competition in India, where the host country exacted vengeance for the 2021 defeat.