new York [US]June 4 (ANI): The Indian men's cricket team will look to end a 17-year drought in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, which will be held in West Indies and USA in June.

India won the first T20 World Cup in 2007 in South Africa under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Since then, the Men in Blue team has been empty.

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The Indian men's cricket team last reached the T20 World Cup final in 2014 but lost in the final against Sri Lanka. In the last edition in 2022, India were eliminated after losing to champions England in the semi-final.

India, currently the number one cricket team in the T20I rankings, will be led by Rohit Sharma in the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup in America. Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain.

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Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav are also part of the squad. The Indian men's cricket team has been placed in Group A alongside USA, Canada, Ireland and arch-rivals Pakistan.

India's World T20 Championship 2024 campaign begins against Ireland on June 5 at the Nassau County International Cricket Ground in New York. The same venue will host the big match between India and Pakistan on June 9 and the next match against the United States. The final group match against Canada will take place in Florida.

A total of 20 teams are participating in the 2024 T20 World Cup, four more than the last edition in 2022 hosted by Australia. The teams are divided into four groups, each group consisting of five people. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super 8 tournament which begins on June 20.

For the Super 8 tournament, the eight teams will be divided into two groups of four, with the top two teams from each group qualifying for the semi-finals scheduled for June 26 and 27.

The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 final will be played at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on June 29.

India beat Bangladesh by 60 runs in the only warm-up match they played ahead of the T20 World Cup (ANI) 2024.

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