Team India skipper Rohit Sharma, who breached the 1000-run mark in T20 World Cup history, achieved a few milestones during his 52-run knock against Ireland in the team's opening game of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Wednesday, June 5.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma will be opening the innings alongside his predecessor Virat Kohli as the two senior pros reunited at the top in the side's opening fixture of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup against Ireland. Kohli had a sensational IPL 2024 opening the batting and hence India went that way.
Team India went with an expected playing XI in their first game in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup against Ireland except for one position, of Kuldeep Yadav. Kuldeep, who has been terrific for India across all three formats recently didn't find a place in the Indian XI on Wednesday, June 5 in New York.
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The Indian team is set to kick off their T20 World Cup on Wednesday, June 5 against Ireland at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. India have retained quite a few players from their last squad in the T20 World Cup in 2022 but they are a few new and returning faces as well.
India and Ireland begin their respective campaigns in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Wednesday, June 5. The pitch and the playing conditions will be in focus given how the first match at the venue panned out where South Africa chased down 78 in 17th over after Sri Lanka's collapse.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma got emotional speaking about the head coach Rahul Dravid in the pre-match press conference ahead of his side's first game in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. Dravid confirmed that T20 World Cup will be his last assignment in charge of the Indian team.
"Quite happy with how things went. Pretty much got what we wanted from the game. Like I said at the toss, it was important to get used to the conditions. New venue, new ground, drop-in pitch, important to get used to it and we managed pretty well," Rohit said after the match.
India won their sole warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup against Bangladesh rather comfortably by 60 runs at the Nassau County Stadium in New York. Rishabh Pant was the highest run-getter for India as he smashed a fifty, helping India post a good score of 182 which eventually was enough.
Both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli missed out on India's starting eleven against Bangladesh in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up match at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
“All of these things will be a part of my process. So I have just realised that I started playing this sport. Because I love this sport and I will focus on that rather than the end result. So in that aspect you reduce your pressure," Jasprit Bumrah said.
Team India will begin its T20 World Cup campaign in the Big Apple on Saturday morning (local time) against Bangladesh. Virat Kohli joined the squad a day ago and thus there is an uncertainty over his participation but the main aim for the Men in Blue will be to get down to their best playing XI.
IND vs BAN pitch report: In their final preparations for the T20 World Cup 2024, Indian cricket team will be playing their only warm-up game against Bangladesh at New York's brand new Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (June 1).
Indian cricket team boasts an impressive dominant head-to-head record against big teams like Pakistan and South Africa but surprisingly remain without a win against New Zealand and Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup history.
India's star batter Virat Kohli holds the record for most runs, most fifty plus scores and most runs in single edition of the T20 World Cup. Bangladesh's former skipper Shakib Al Hasan dominates the record for most wickets with no competition.
"Whether it's the next tour, whether it's a tour in six months, whether it's a tour in one year. I don't really put my thought behind when I should play. That is the selector's job, that is other people's job," Riyan Parag said.
Rohit Sharma leads the strong 15-member Indian squad in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 starting on June 1. The Men in Blue are drawn in Group A and will kick off their campaign against Ireland at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 5.
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has suggested a rather innovative batting order for the T20 World Cup for the Men in Blue. Jaffer reckoned that India might be able to fit all three of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma with the skipper demoting himself to the middle order.
Sanju Samson, who got a nod ahead of the likes of KL Rahul and Jitesh Sharma as India's second wicketkeeping option for the T20 World Cup, admitted that he was far from being considered and had to put in a season to remember in the IPL, which he did as he achieved first-ever season fo 500 runs.
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