T20 Cricket World Cup 2024, live: India aim to end 17-year title drought - full schedule, where to watch

The Indian men’s cricket team will be looking to end a 17-year-long trophy drought at the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, scheduled in the West Indies and the USA in June.

India were the inaugural T20 World Cup winners in 2007 in South Africa under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Since then, the Men in Blue have drawn a blank.

The Indian men's cricket team last made the final of a T20 World Cup in 2014 but lost the decider to Sri Lanka. At the last edition in 2022, India bowed out after losing to eventual champions England in the semi-finals.

India, currently the top cricket team in the T20I world rankings, will be led by Rohit Sharma during the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup in the Americas. Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain.

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

India’s T20 WC 2024 campaign starts against Ireland on June 5 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. The same venue will host the marquee India vs Pakistan fixture on June 9 and the subsequent clash against the USA. The final group match against Canada will be played in Florida.

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

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

The final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 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 before the T20 World Cup 2024.

Where to watch T20 World Cup 2024 live in India

The T20 World Cup 2024 cricket matches will be live streamed on Disney+ Hotstar in India. Live telecast of the T20 WC cricket matches will be available on Star Sports and DD Sports TV channels in India.

T20 World Cup 2024 India schedule: Live match start times

All in Indian Standard Time (IST)

• June 5, Wednesday: India vs Ireland (Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York) - 8:00 PM
• June 9, Sunday: India vs Pakistan (Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York) - 8:00 PM
• June 12, Wednesday: USA vs India (Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York) - 8:00 PM
• June 15, Saturday: Canada vs India (Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Florida) - 8:00 PM

T20 World Cup 2024 India cricket squad

Indian cricket team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan