T20 World Cup 2024: T20 World Cup 2024 is to be held on the soil of America and West Indies. This time 20 teams are participating in the T20 World Cup. Currently, IPL is being played in a very explosive manner in India. Fans are getting to see exciting matches every day. All the players of India are playing in IPL. But the T20 World Cup team is to be selected in the middle of IPL. A big update has come out on this.
Selection may take place this week of April
India’s 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be held in the US and West Indies is likely to be selected in the last week of April as the ICC’s squad submission deadline is May 1. A source of the Indian Cricket Board gave this information on Saturday. But every team participating in the tournament will get a chance to change players in their starting team till May 25.
A senior BCCI source told PTI on condition of anonymity that the Indian team will be selected during the last week of April and by this time the first part of the Indian Premier League will be over by which the National Selection Committee will be able to assess the form and fitness of the contenders. Will be in a position to do so. The source said the first batch of cricketers will leave for New York soon after the league stage of the IPL ends on May 19. Players whose teams do not qualify for the final four will also go early as was the case during the WTC Finals last year.
Standby players will also travel
The T20 World Cup tournament is being held in America and West Indies, so it is expected that some ‘stand by’ players will also travel with the team in case any player of the main team gets injured or withdraws due to any unexpected circumstances. No need to face any ‘logistical’ problems. Selectors will travel to watch the match. It is learned that none of the contenders for the World Cup have been given any instructions regarding workload management as they will be playing under the franchise in these two months.
(Input: PTI)
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