The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket from 1 to 29 June 2024. It was the first major ICC tournament to include matches played in the United States. The West Indies had previously hosted the 2010 competition. A total of twenty teams competed in 55 matches across six venues in the West Indies, and three in the United States with a total attendance of 190,000 in those three venues.[1]
The number of participants was increased from sixteen to twenty teams, which included teams from the two hosts, the top eight teams from the 2022 edition, the two highest-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings not already qualified, and eight other teams determined through regional qualifiers. Canada and Uganda qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time; and the United States participated for the first time by virtue of being co-hosts.
England were the defending champions and were beaten in the semi-finals by India, who went on to win their second T20 World Cup title, defeating South Africa by seven runs in the final. India won all their matches, and were the first team to win a T20 World Cup while undefeated. They joined England and West Indies as the only teams to win the title twice.
In November 2021, as part of the 2024–2031 ICC men's hosts cycle, the ICC announced that the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup would be played in the West Indies and the United States.[6] A joint bid had been submitted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket following two years of preparation, and as part of a strategic partnership between the two associations.[7]
USA Cricket's co-hosting was part of efforts to help develop and promote cricket in the United States, where the sport's fanbase largely consists of South Asian disapora.[8] Prior to this World Cup, the United States had occasionally hosted West Indies home matches at Central Broward Park in Florida, while a T20 franchise league known as Major League Cricket launched in 2023.[8][9]
The 20 qualifying teams were divided into four groups of five each. In the group stage, each team played four matches against one another in a round-robin; the top two teams in each group advanced to the Super 8 stage, where they were placed into two groups of four teams each, and played three matches against one another. The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.[11][12]
Prior to the tournament, the ICC announced the eight seeded teams for the Super 8 stage based on their T20I rankings ahead of the tournament. After advancing from the group stage, the teams were placed in predetermined positions in the Super 8 stage, irrespective of their position in the group stage. If an unseeded team qualified at the expense of a seeded team, it took the position of the corresponding seeded team that failed to qualify from their group.[13][12]
Schedule
June 2024 was allocated to the tournament on the 2023–2027 ICC Men's Future Tours Programme.[14] On 28 July 2023, ESPNcricinfo reported that the tournament would be played from 4 to 30 June 2024.[15] The finalized schedule was announced on 5 January 2024, with the tournament scheduled to take place from 1 to 29 June. The teams played 55 matches with three cities in the United States hosting 12 matches and the rest of the matches hosted at six venues in the Caribbean.[16] On 16 May 2024, the ICC announced that warm-up fixtures would be held from 27 May to 1 June.[17]
Prize money
The ICC allocated a pool of $11.25 million in prize money for the tournament. The winners would be given at least $2.45 million, the highest prize money in the history of the tournament. Moreover, each team would receive an additional $31,154 for each match they won, excluding the semi-finals and final.[18]
The ICC hosted a trophy tour, before the tournament, which began on 19 March in New York, and the trophy was taken to various locations around the world.[19] Former cricketers Yuvraj Singh,[20]Chris Gayle, and Shahid Afridi,[21] as well as Olympic athlete Usain Bolt,[22] were named as the ambassadors of the tournament.[23] The official theme song for the tournament, "Out of This World", produced by Tano and performed by Sean Paul and Kes, was released on 2 May 2024 under the Ineffable Records label.[24] The song has three remix versions.[25]
The hosts, the West Indies and the United States, along with the top eight teams from the 2022 tournament, automatically qualified for the tournament. The remaining two automatic qualification places were taken by the best-ranked teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, which had not already qualified as of 14 November 2022.[26] The eight remaining places were filled via the ICC's regional qualifiers, consisting of two teams from Africa, Asia, and Europe and one team each from the Americas and the East Asia-Pacific groups.[27] In May 2022, the ICC confirmed the sub-regional qualification pathways for Europe, East Asia-Pacific, and Africa.[28]
In May 2023, Cricket West Indies (CWI) began a bidding process for countries in the Caribbean region willing to host the matches of the World Cup.[37] In July 2023, the ICC shortlisted four venues to host World Cup matches in the United States: Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Florida; Church Street Park in Morrisville, North Carolina; Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas; and a temporary stadium at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York City.[15] Residents of the Bronx objected to the Van Cortlandt Park stadium, citing that it would restrict public access to the park for an extended time, expressing concerns for its environmental impact, and questioning the economic viability of the event.[38][39] On 20 September 2023, the ICC announced that Grand Prairie, Lauderhill, and New York would be the three U.S. host cities, with a 34,000-seat temporary stadium to be constructed at Eisenhower Park on Long Island in Nassau County, New York.[40][41] Central Broward Park and Grand Prairie Stadium were to be expanded, with temporary grandstands and hospitality areas doubling their capacity during the tournament.[42]
In December 2023, a delegation of representatives from the ICC undertook an inspection of the confirmed host venues in the Caribbean and the United States, intending to finalise the fixtures for the tournament.[48] The New York stadium was slated to host the India–Pakistan group stage match, which was considered one of the sport's strongest rivalries.[49] On 17 January 2024, the ICC unveiled the proposed design of the temporary New York stadium—Nassau County International Cricket Stadium—which was completed in May 2024, in time for the tournament.[50] It marked the first temporary venue to have ever been used during an ICC World Cup.[51]
The ICC announced the groups and their fixtures on 5 January 2024, with the group stage matches being played from 1 to 17 June.[75] The 20 teams were divided into four groups of five with each team facing the other teams in the group for a total of 40 matches.[12] The opening match was played with co-hosts United States facing Canada in the first ever T20I match at Grand Prairie Stadium on 1 June.[76] The Nassau County Stadium at New York hosted its first-ever international match on 3 June between South Africa and Sri Lanka.[77] The following table lists teams in order of their initial group-stage seedings.[12]
Source: ESPNcricinfo[78] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Initial group stage seedings[12] (H) Hosts
Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his 4,000th run in T20Is[80] and 1,000th run in the T20 World Cup,[81] becoming the second Indian to achieve both feats after Virat Kohli. He also completed 600 sixes in international cricket, 100 sixes in ICC tournaments and 300 wins in international cricket.[82]
Source: ESPNcricinfo[78] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Initial group stage seedings[12]
Source: ESPNcricinfo[78] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Initial group stage seedings[12] (H) Hosts
Nicholas Pooran (WI) scored 36 runs in an over off of Azmatullah Omarzai (Afg), the second such instance in a T20 World Cup match and fifth in T20Is overall.[113]
Source: ESPNcricinfo[78] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Initial group stage seedings[12]
The top two teams from groups A to D advanced to the Super 8 stage, where they were divided into two groups of four teams each. In the Super 8 stage, each team played the others in their group as a round-robin, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage.[13][15] No points were carried over from the group stage to the Super 8 stage.[12] Prior to the tournament, eight teams had been seeded for the Super 8 stage based on their T20I rankings at that time: Australia,[98] India,[92] New Zealand, and Sri Lanka in Group 1; England,[101] Pakistan, South Africa, and the West Indies[108] in Group 2.[120] New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka did not qualify for the Super 8 stage,[116] their places were taken by Afghanistan,[109] Bangladesh,[119] and the United States.[93]
Qualification
Super 8 stage
Group 1
Group 2
Advanced from the group stage (Top 2 teams from each group)
Australia were above the DLS par score of 72 in 11.2 overs.
Pat Cummins (Aus) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[121] This was the first hat-trick in the 2024 tournament and overall the seventh in the history of the T20 World Cup.[122]
Pat Cummins (Aus) took his second consecutive hat-trick in T20Is and became the only player to take more than one hat-trick in the T20 World Cup. This was the second hat-trick of the tournament and overall the eighth in the history of the T20 World Cup.[124]
This was Afghanistan's first win against Australia in T20Is.[125]
Source: ESPNcricinfo[78] Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) T20I Rankings ahead of the tournament[12] (H) Hosts
This was the first time England and United States faced each other in T20Is.[135]
Chris Jordan (Eng) took his first hat-trick in T20Is and became the first English player to take hat-trick in T20 World Cup. This was the third hat-trick of the tournament and overall the ninth in the history of the T20 World Cup.[136]
England qualified for the semi-finals while United States were eliminated as a result of this match.[137]
Both semi-finals had an additional time of 250 minutes. In semi-final 1, 60 minutes was available on the scheduled date with another 190 minutes on the reserve day while semi-final 2, had 250 minutes available only on the scheduled day and had no reserve day. The final however, had a reserve day available on 30 June.[139][12] If a reserve day came into play, the match would not be restarted but instead resumed from the previous day's play, if there was any.[139][12]
In the event of no play on the scheduled day or the reserve day, in the semi-finals, the team that finished higher in the group stage would progress to the final, and if no play were possible in the final, the trophy would be shared.[139][12] If any match ended in a tie, a Super Over would be used to determine the winner. If the scores in the Super Over were also tied, subsequent Super Overs will be played until there's a winner.[139][12]
Afghanistan posted their lowest T20I score.[144] It was also the lowest score in a T20 World Cup semi-final.[145]
South Africa qualified for the T20 World Cup final for the first time.[146]
Afghanistan played in their maiden semi-final but were bowled out 56 in 11.5 overs posting their lowest T20I score;[144] and also the lowest score in a T20 World Cup semi-final,[145] with the highest score being 10 off of 12 by Azmatullah Omarzai and South Africa's Tabraiz Shamsi taking 3/6 in 1.5 overs.[147] In the second innings, South Africa managed to chase it down in only 8.5 overs with Reeza Hendricks's 29* off of 25 while losing only one wicket to Fazalhaq Farooqi.[147] South Africa's Marco Jansen was awarded with the Player of the match award.[146] South Africa qualified for their maiden World Cup final as a result of this match.[146]
India qualified in the T20 World Cup final for the third time.[148]
Throughout a rain-affected innings India managed to score 171 for the loss of 7 wickets, with the Indian captain Rohit Sharma scoring 57 off 39 balls and England's Chris Jordan taking 3/37 in 3 overs.[149] In the second innings with the highest score being 25 off of 19 balls by Harry Brook, England were bowled out for 103 in 16.4 overs, with India's Kuldeep Yadav taking 3/19 in 4 overs.[149] Indian spinner Axar Patel was awarded with the Player of the match award.[148] India qualified for their third T20 World Cup final after previously having won the tournament in 2007 and being runner-up in 2014.[148]
India's Axar Patel was awarded with the Player of the match award for semi-final 2.
India won the toss and elected to bat first.[150] South Africa took three early Indian wickets of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Suryakumar Yadav. However, Virat Kohli and Axar Patel put on a 72-run partnership, with Patel contributing 47 runs. Kohli's 76-run innings and a late contribution of 27 by Shivam Dube helped India reach a total of 176/7, the highest first-innings total in a T20 World Cup final. South Africa's chase began with the loss of two early wickets, but Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs took the total to 106. After they were both dismissed, Heinrich Klaasen made the fastest fifty in a World Cup final, including scoring 24 runs off the 15th over bowled by Axar Patel. However, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, and Hardik Pandya bowled economically in the last 5 overs while also picking up wickets. South Africa ended their innings on 169/8, losing by 7 runs.[151][152][153]
This victory marked India's first ICC title since the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, their first world cup title since the 2011 Cricket World Cup, and their second men's T20 World Cup title with the first being the 2007 title.[154] India also became the first team to win T20 World Cup while going undefeated throughout the tournament.[155] Kohli's knock of 76 runs off 59 balls (including 6 fours and 2 sixes) earned him the player of the match award.[156] Kohli, Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from the T20I format after the final.[157]
Fazalhaq Farooqi (pictured in 2021) of Afghanistan and Arshdeep Singh of India took the joint-most wickets (17) in the tournament and the former also had the BBI of 5/9 against Uganda.
On 30 June, the ICC announced its team of the tournament with Jasprit Bumrah being named as player of the tournament for taking 15 wickets with an economy rate of 4.17, and Rohit Sharma as the captain of the team.[160][161][162]
Disney Star handled the global broadcasting rights as part of their deal with the ICC.[163] After having introduced smartphone-oriented vertical video broadcasts at the 2023 Cricket World Cup, using dedicated camera feeds, the vertical video feeds for this T20 World Cup shifted to using machine learning technology to automatically adapt the main 16:9 camera feeds to vertical and square video formats.[164] The ICC also offered highlights from the Super 8 round onward through an immersive app for visionOS, which allowed users to view perspectives from various areas of the stadium.[165]
In an effort to help promote the sport to U.S. audiences, the ICC partnered with American sports podcaster Jomboy, who has been known for producing cricket-related content targeting baseball viewers. He was hired as a contributor, including guest appearances as an analyst on selected matches to help explain the rules and strategy of the sport to new viewers.[166][167]
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