Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in the first batch of Indian cricketers to leave for the T20 World Cup 2024. On Saturday, May 25, the players will fly from Mumbai to Dubai at 10 PM before taking the flight to New York, Sports Tak reported. Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav and Kuldeep Yadav are amongst the other big names that will be leaving the country on Saturday.
Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan and Yashasvi Jaiswal will leave with the second batch of Indian cricketers. Chahal, Jaiswal, Avesh and Samson recently ended their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 campaign after RR lost to SRH by 36 runs in the Qualifier 2 on Friday, May 24 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Amongst the 4 players, Avesh isn’t a part of the squad, but is a part of the reserves along with Khaleel Ahmed, Rinku Singh and Shubman Gill. Khaleel and Shubman’s campaigns got over after DC and GT were knocked out of the IPL 2024 before the playoffs. However, Rinku will take part in the final to be held on May 26 between KKR and SRH at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chenna
Hardik Pandya, the vice-captain of the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, went to London after his team MI could not make it through to the playoffs. Hardik trained in London for a few days and there’s a chance that he would link up with the national team from there itself. However, there is no official confirmation of whether Hardik would join the team in Dubai or New York.
After reaching New York, India will have a couple of days to get going before taking on Najmul Hossain Shanto’s Bangladesh in their warm-up match on Saturday, June 1 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York.
India’s first match in the World Cup is against Paul Stirling’s Ireland in a Group A match on Wednesday, June 5 in New York.
