T20 World Cup 2024 / Changes made before T20 WC, ICC made special plan for semi-finals

T20 World Cup 2024: Cricket's Mahakumbh T20 World Cup 2024 is starting from June 1. This time 20 teams are participating in the T20 World Cup. For this reason the fans are very excited about it. The upcoming T20 World Cup is going to be held on the soil of West Indies and America. ICC has already released the schedule for this. For this, the first semi-final will be held on 26th June and the second semi-final will be held on 27th June. The final match will be played on June 29. But now even before the start of the T20 World Cup, a big change has happened for the second semi-final.

Extended time for the second semi-final

According to the report of Cricbuzz, ICC has extended the extra time by 250 minutes for the second semi-final of T20 World Cup 2024. So that it can be ensured that the match ends on the same day. No reserve day has been kept for the second semi-final. The report further states that the reserve day has not been kept so that the team does not have to play on consecutive days before the final. Because the final is on 29th June.

Reserve day has been kept for the first semi-final.

The first semi-final match is to be held on June 26 in Trinidad. If there is rain in this match, then ICC has kept a reserve day for this match. Then the match will continue till June 27. The second semi-final match will be played in Guyana on June 27, which will start at 8.30 pm Indian time. This match will end on the same day. Because ICC has extended about four hours for this match, that is, if there is rain in the second semi-final, then this T20 match can last for eight hours. According to media reports, the Indian team can play the second semi-final match.

Indian team is in Group A for T20 World Cup

The Indian team has been placed in Group A for the T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from India, this group includes teams from Pakistan, Netherlands, Canada and America. Team India will play its first match against Ireland on June 5. On June 9, the Indian team will play a great match against Pakistan. In the history of T20 World Cup, the Indian team has lost only one match to Pakistan.

Team India for T20 World Cup 2024:

Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

Reserve: Shubhman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khalil Ahmed, Avesh Khan.