Revealed: When will India squad for T20 World Cup 2024 be announced?

India Cricket Team are all set to announce their squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 in the last week of April. As per the reports in PTI, it is learned that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be naming a 15-member squad ahead of 1st May 2024.

The T20 World Cup 2024 is all set to begin from the 1st of June with the final set to be played on the 30th of the month. The tournament will be played in the United States of America and the Caribbean and it will see 20 teams taking part in the tournament, which will be happening for the first time in history.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given the deadlines to all the teams to announce their squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 ahead of the 1st of May. The teams, however, can make changes to their squad for the World Cup till the 25th of May, a day before the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 concludes.

A source close to BCCI stated that selectors will be in a position to select the players by the end of April based on the IPL form. Speaking to PTI on condition of anonymity, he explained:

“The Indian team will be selected sometime during the last week of April, the time by which the first half of IPL will be over and the national selection committee will be in a position to assess the form and fitness of the contenders.”

The BCCI source further stated that India will be sending the first batch of their players to the USA just after the league stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. He also revealed that the team would be following a similar pattern for the tournament as they did last year for the ICC World Test Championship. He added:

“The first batch of cricketers will leave for New York immediately after the end of the league stage of IPL on May 19. Those players, whose teams won’t qualify for the final four will be going early, like it happened during WTC finals last year.”