The ICC Men's T20 World Cup is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was first played in 2007 in South Africa, and the 2024 tournament marked its ninth edition. The eighth edition, held in 2022 in Australia, was contested by 16 teams, and was won by England who defeated Pakistan in the final.
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. 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. 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 diaspora. 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. The United States is associated with several notable developments in the early history of the game, including hosting Canada in the first international cricket match, and American cricketer Bart King being credited with the development of swing bowling.
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. 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.
June 2024 was allocated to the tournament on the 2023–2027 ICC Men's Future Tours Programme. On 28 July 2023, ESPNcricinfo reported that the tournament would be played from 4 to 30 June 2024. 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. On 16 May 2024, the ICC announced that warm-up fixtures would be held from 27 May to 1 June.
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.
| Place | Teams | Amount | |
| per side | Total | ||
| Champions | 1 | $2.45 million | $2.45 million |
| Runners-up | 1 | $1.28 million | $1.28 million |
| Semi-finalists | 2 | $787,500 | $1.575 million |
| 5th–8th place (Super 8) | 4 | $382,500 | $1.53 million |
| 9th–12th place (Group stage) | 4 | $247,500 | $0.99 million |
| 13th–20th place (Group stage) | 8 | $225,000 | $1.8 million |
| Match winners | 52 | $31,154 | $1.62 million |
| Total | 20 | $11.25 million |
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. Former cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi, as well as Olympic athlete Usain Bolt, were named as the ambassadors of the tournament. 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. The song has three remix versions.
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. 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. In May 2022, the ICC confirmed the sub-regional qualification pathways for Europe, East Asia-Pacific, and Africa. In July 2023, Ireland and Scotland qualified from the Europe Qualifier, followed by Papua New Guinea from the East Asia-Pacific Qualifier. Canada secured its qualification in October 2023 after winning the Americas Qualifier. The following month, Nepal and Oman qualified by reaching the final of the Asia Qualifier in Nepal. Namibia and Uganda became the final two teams to qualify after being assured of a top-two finish in the Africa Qualifier, with Zimbabwe becoming the only Test-playing country that failed to qualify for the World Cup. Canada and Uganda qualified for the men's T20 World Cup for the first time, while the United States also participated for the first time by virtue of being co-host.
| Method of qualification | No. of teams | Teams | T20I ranking |
| Hosts | 2 | West Indies | 4 |
| United States | 18 | ||
| 2022 Men's T20 World Cup(Top 8 teams from the previous tournament) | 8 | Australia | 2 |
| England | 3 | ||
| India | 1 | ||
| Netherlands | 15 | ||
| New Zealand | 5 | ||
| Pakistan | 6 | ||
| South Africa | 7 | ||
| Sri Lanka | 8 | ||
| ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings | 2 | Afghanistan | 10 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | ||
| Europe Qualifier | 2 | Ireland | 11 |
| Scotland | 14 | ||
| East Asia-Pacific Qualifier | 1 | Papua New Guinea | 20 |
| Americas Qualifier | 1 | Canada | 23 |
| Asia Qualifier | 2 | Nepal | 17 |
| Oman | 19 | ||
| Africa Qualifier | 2 | Namibia | 13 |
| Uganda | 22 | ||
| Total | 20 |
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. 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. 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. 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. Central Broward Park and Grand Prairie Stadium were to be expanded, with temporary grandstands and hospitality areas doubling their capacity during the tournament. On 22 September 2023, the ICC announced that Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago would be the locations of venues in the West Indies.Grenada, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis did not submit bids to host the World Cup, with Jamaican sports minister Olivia Grange ruling out a bid on cost grounds. In November 2023, it was announced that Trinidad's Queen's Park Oval, the country's primary cricket venue, would not be hosting any World Cup matches and that fixtures would be moved to the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando. Nigel Camacho, the president of the Queen's Park Cricket Club, stated that the venue would instead most likely host warm-up matches before the start of the main tournament. The Government of Dominica decided to withdraw its venue, Windsor Park, citing its inability to complete the infrastructural development of the venue before the tournament commenced. 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. The New York stadium was slated to host the India–Pakistan group stage match, which was considered one of the sport's strongest rivalries. 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. It marked the first temporary venue to have ever been used during an ICC World Cup.
Each team was allowed to have a squad of 15 players and was required submit the provisional squad to the ICC by 1 May 2024. The teams were allowed to make changes to their squads until 25 May. On 29 April 2024, New Zealand was the first team to announce its squad for the tournament. The following day, Afghanistan, England, India, Oman, and South Africa announced their squads; followed by Australia and Nepal on 1 May; Canada on 2 May; co-hosts West Indies and the United States on 3 May; Scotland and Uganda on 6 May; Ireland and Papua New Guinea on 7 May; Sri Lanka on 9 May; Namibia on 10 May; Netherlands on 13 May; and Bangladesh on 14 May. Pakistan became the final team to announce their squad for the tournament, on 24 May.
On 3 May 2024, the ICC released the list of match referees and umpires for the tournament. David Boon , Jeff Crowe , Ranjan Madugalle , Andy Pycroft , Richie Richardson , Javagal Srinath Chris Brown , Kumar Dharmasena , Chris Gaffaney , Michael Gough , Adrian Holdstock , Richard Illingworth , Richard Kettleborough , Jayaraman Madanagopal , Nitin Menon , Sam Nogajski , Allahudien Paleker , Ahsan Raza , Rashid Riaz , Paul Reiffel , Langton Rusere , Sharfuddoula , Rod Tucker , Alex Wharf , Joel Wilson , Asif Yaqoob
The warm-up matches were played from 27 May to 1 June, and involved most of the teams, except England, New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa.
| Warm-up matches |
The ICC announced the groups and their fixtures on 5 January 2024, with the group stage matches being played from 1 to 17 June. 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. 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. The Nassau County Stadium at New York hosted its first-ever international match on 3 June between South Africa and Sri Lanka. The following table lists teams in order of their initial group stage seedings.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| India , Pakistan , Ireland , Canada , United States | England , Australia , Namibia , Scotland , Oman | New Zealand , West Indies , Afghanistan , Uganda , Papua New Guinea | South Africa , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Netherlands , Nepal |
United States won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first T20I match played at this venue. , Both United States and Canada made their T20 World Cup debuts. , This was the first World Cup match victory for the United States across all formats. India won the toss and elected to field. , Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his 4,000th run in T20Is and 1,000th run in the T20 World Cup, 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. , Rishabh Pant (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is. , Rohit Sharma broke MS Dhoni's record of most wins as Indian Captain in T20Is. United States won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first time Pakistan and United States faced each other in T20Is. , Babar Azam (Pak) became the highest run-scorer in T20Is, surpassing Virat Kohli. , This was United States's first win against Pakistan in T20Is. , Super Over: United States 18/1, Pakistan 13/1 Ireland won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first T20 World Cup match victory for Canada. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. , Mohammad Rizwan (Pak) played in his 100th T20I match. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. , Haris Rauf (Pak) took his 100th wicket in T20Is. India won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first time India and United States faced each other in T20Is. , India qualified for the Super 8 as a result of this match. No toss. , No play was possible because of rain. , United States qualified for the Super 8, while Canada, Ireland, and Pakistan were eliminated as a result of this match. No toss. , No play was possible because of rain. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.137 | Advanced to the Super 8 stage |
| 2 | United States (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0.127 | |
| 3 | Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.294 | Eliminated |
| 4 | Canada | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −0.493 | |
| 5 | Ireland | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | −1.293 |
| Match 1 1 June 2024 (2024-06-01) 19:30 UTC−5 (N) Scorecard |
| Canada 194/5 (20 overs) | v | United States197/3 (17.4 overs) |
| Navneet Dhaliwal 61 (44) Harmeet Singh 1/27 (4 overs) | Aaron Jones 94* (40) Dillon Heyliger 1/19 (3 overs) |
| United States won by 7 wickets Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Sharfuddoula (Ban) Player of the match: Aaron Jones (USA) |
| Match 8 5 June 2024 (2024-06-05) 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard |
| Ireland 96 (16 overs) | v | India97/2 (12.2 overs) |
| Gareth Delany 26 (14) Hardik Pandya 3/27 (4 overs) | Rohit Sharma 52* (37) Ben White 1/6 (1 over) |
| India won by 8 wickets Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, East Meadow Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) |
| Match 11 6 June 2024 (2024-06-06) 10:30 UTC−5 Scorecard |
| Pakistan 159/7 (20 overs) | v | United States159/3 (20 overs) |
| Babar Azam 44 (43) Nosthush Kenjige 3/30 (4 overs) | Monank Patel 50 (38) Mohammad Amir 1/25 (4 overs) |
| Match tied (United States won the Super Over) Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Monank Patel (USA) |
| Match 13 7 June 2024 (2024-06-07) 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard |
| Canada 137/7 (20 overs) | v | Ireland125/7 (20 overs) |
| Nicholas Kirton 49 (35) Barry McCarthy 2/24 (4 overs) | Mark Adair 34 (24) Jeremy Gordon 2/16 (4 overs) |
| Canada won by 12 runs Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, East Meadow Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: Nicholas Kirton (Can) |
| Match 19 9 June 2024 (2024-06-09) 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard |
| India 119 (19 overs) | v | Pakistan113/7 (20 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 42 (31) Naseem Shah 3/21 (4 overs) | Mohammad Rizwan 31 (44) Jasprit Bumrah 3/14 (4 overs) |
| India won by 6 runs Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, East Meadow Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Ind) |
| Match 22 11 June 2024 (2024-06-11) 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard |
| Canada 106/7 (20 overs) | v | Pakistan107/3 (17.3 overs) |
| Aaron Johnson 52 (44) Mohammad Amir 2/13 (4 overs) | Mohammad Rizwan 53* (53) Dillon Heyliger 2/18 (4 overs) |
| Pakistan won by 7 wickets Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, East Meadow Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Mohammad Amir (Pak) |
| Match 25 12 June 2024 (2024-06-12) 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard |
Namibia won the toss and elected to field. , Super Over: Namibia 21/0, Oman 10/1 Scotland won the toss and elected to bat. , The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain. , England were set a revised target of 109 from 10 overs due to rain. , No further play was possible due to rain. Oman won the toss and elected to field. , David Warner became the leading run-scorer for Australia in T20Is, passing the previous record of 3,120 runs set by Aaron Finch. Namibia won the toss and elected to bat. England won the toss and elected to field. , Chris Jordan (Eng) took his 100th wicket in T20Is. Oman won the toss and elected to bat. , Oman were eliminated as a result of this match. Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Adam Zampa (Aus) became the first Australian cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is. , Australia qualified for the Super 8 while Namibia were eliminated as a result of this match. England won the toss and elected to field. Namibia won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain. , Namibia were set a revised target of 126 from 10 overs due to rain. , Niko Davin (Nam) became the first batter to be dismissed retired out in a T20 World Cup match. Australia won the toss and elected to field. , England qualified for the Super 8 while Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match.
West Indies won the toss and elected to field. Uganda won the toss and elected to field. , Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afg) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is. Uganda won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first World Cup match victory for Uganda across all formats. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. , This was Afghanistan's first win against New Zealand in T20Is. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. , Akeal Hosein (WI) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is. , This was West Indies highest winning margin by runs in T20I cricket. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. , Nicholas Pooran became the leading run-scorer for West Indies in T20Is, passing the previous record of 1,899 runs set by Chris Gayle. , West Indies qualified for the Super 8 as a result of this match. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field. , Afghanistan qualified for the Super 8 while New Zealand, Uganda and Papua New Guinea were eliminated as a result of this match. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. , Trent Boult, Tim Southee and Kane Williamson (NZ) all played in their last T20I match. , Lockie Ferguson (NZ) became the second bowler to bowl four consecutive maiden overs in a T20I match. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field. , 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.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. , This was the first T20I match played at this venue. , This was Sri Lanka's lowest total in T20Is. Netherlands won the toss and elected to field. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. , This was Bangladesh's first win against Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. No toss. , No play was possible due to rain. , South Africa qualified for the Super 8 as a result of this match. Netherlands won the toss and elected to field. , Sri Lanka were eliminated as a result of this match. Nepal won the toss and elected to field. , Nepal were eliminated as a result of this match. Nepal won the toss and elected to field. , Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) took his 100th wicket in T20Is. , Bangladesh qualified for the Super 8 while Netherlands were eliminated as a result of this match. Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
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. No points were carried over from the group stage to the Super 8 stage. Prior to the tournament, eight teams had been seeded for the Super 8 stage based on their T20I rankings at that time: Australia, India, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka in Group 1; England, Pakistan, South Africa, and the West Indies in Group 2. New Zealand, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka did not qualify for the Super 8 stage, and their places were taken by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and the United States.
India won the toss and elected to bat. Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Rain prevented any further play. , Australia were above the DLS par score of 72 in 11.2 overs. , Pat Cummins (Aus) took his first hat-trick in T20Is. This was the first hat-trick in the 2024 tournament and overall the seventh in the history of the T20 World Cup. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. , Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) became the first bowler to take 50 wickets in T20 World Cup history. Australia won the toss and elected to field. , 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. , This was Afghanistan's first win against Australia in T20Is. Australia won the toss and elected to field. , David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Matthew Wade (Aus) played their last T20I. , Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first player to hit 200 sixes in T20Is. He also became the highest run-scorer in T20Is, surpassing Babar Azam. , India qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat. , Bangladesh were set a revised target of 114 runs off 19 overs due to rain. , Rashid Khan (Afg) took his 150th wicket in T20Is. , This was Afghanistan's first win against Bangladesh in T20 World Cup. , Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals while Australia and Bangladesh were eliminated as a result of this match. , Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals of any major ICC Tournament for the first time.
United States won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first time South Africa and United States faced each other in T20Is. England won the toss and elected to field. England won the toss and elected to field. West Indies won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first time West Indies and United States faced each other in T20Is. England won the toss and elected to field. , This was the first time England and United States faced each other in T20Is. , 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. , England qualified for the semi-finals while United States were eliminated as a result of this match. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. , South Africa were set a revised target of 123 runs off 17 overs due to rain. , South Africa qualified for the semi-finals while West Indies were eliminated as a result of this match.
The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals, played at Brian Lara Cricket Academy in San Fernando on 26 June and Providence Stadium in Guyana on 27 June, and the final, at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on 29 June. The ICC had stated that if India qualified for the semi-finals, they would play in semi-final 2 at Providence Stadium in Guyana, for the match timings to be aligned with the local time in India.
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. 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. 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. 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.
Afghanistan played in their maiden semi-final but were bowled out 56 in 11.5 overs posting their lowest T20I score; and also the lowest score in a T20 World Cup semi-final, 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. 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. South Africa's Marco Jansen was awarded with the Player of the match award. South Africa qualified for their maiden World Cup final as a result of this match.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz of Afghanistan scored the most runs in the 2024 tournament (281 runs from 8 innings). Fazalhaq Farooqi of Afghanistan and Arshdeep Singh of India both took 17 wickets and were tied for the most wickets in the 2024 tournament. This was also the most wickets in a T20 World Cup.
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.
Disney Star served as host broadcaster for the tournament 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. 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. 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.
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