Currently, the craze for IPL 2024 is at its peak in the cricket world. The 17th season of the Indian Premier League will end on May 26, but the T20 World Cup 2024 will start just 5 days after that. This upcoming World Cup tournament will run from June 1 to June 29, in which teams from 20 countries of the world will be participating. The situation regarding the squad of India, the world number-1 team in the T20 format, is still not clear, but now a report has revealed that the selection committee of BCCI under the leadership of Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar will select 15 players in the last week of April. Can announce the squad.
ICC has fixed the date for the announcement of the T20 World Cup teams. All 20 teams will have to announce their World Cup squads before May 1. But till May 25, each team will be allowed to make only one change in its squad.
When will the Indian team be announced?
According to PTI, the selection committee will announce the 15-player squad after the end of the first phase of IPL 2024. By then the selectors would have got an idea of the form of the players. It was also told in the report that the players selected from the team which will not be able to reach the playoffs of IPL 2024 will soon go to America so that they can adapt to the environment there. Something similar was done for the WTC final last year.
Like other teams participating in the T20 World Cup 2024, apart from the main squad of 15 players, the Indian team will also keep some reserve players with it, so that there is no problem in case of anyone getting injured. According to PTI, the selection committee of 4 members is continuously keeping an eye on the matches of IPL 2024. They are even reaching the grounds to watch the matches live.