T20 World Cup 2024 News

The PCB has sacked Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razzaq from the senior national selection committee. This comes after Pakistan crashed out of T20 World Cup 2024 in group stage. While Razzaq served in both men's and women's national selection setup, Wahab served as chief selector for men's side before being reduced to a member of seven-member committee months ago.

England fast bowler James Anderson on Friday ended his 22-year international career with 991 wickets. The 41-year-old took four wickets in his farewell Test against West Indies at Lord's. He took 269 wickets in ODI cricket, 18 in T20I cricket and 704 in Test cricket. He played a total of 401 international matches.

India pacer Arshdeep Singh said he disagreed with a suggestion of Jasprit Bumrah regarding field placement in their 2024 T20 World cup game against Afghanistan after which Bumrah asked him to have faith in him. Arshdeep revealed he followed Bumrah's advice and got wicket. "Bumrah walked up to me with...smile and said, 'See, you should've faith in me'," he stated.

Talking about him not featuring in USA's T20 World Cup 2024 match against India due to an injury, USA captain Monank Patel said, "It took me two days to accept that I wasn't going to play." "The constant calls from friends and family didn't help either. I had to seclude myself in a room and chew it away," he added.

Indian all-rounder Axar Patel said his favourite wicket in T20 World Cup 2024 was his dismissal of Jos Buttler in India's T20 World Cup 2024 semi-final against England. "The Buttler wicket stands out...because of what happened in India's T20 World Cup 2022 [semi-final against England]. I was there when they chased down our score without losing a wicket," he added.

Talking about Afghanistan's 21-run victory against Australia in the 2024 T20 World Cup, former Australia captain Tim Paine said that Afghanistan played well "in conditions that suited them and they're getting better and better". "There's no doubt about that. They're building depth," he stated. Paine added that T20 cricket is Afghanistan's "strong suit".

All-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has said that he liked the moment when former India captain Virat Kohli handed the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy to then head coach Rahul Dravid. "I saw him hug the cup and cry. Rahul Dravid screamed and cried. I saw him enjoy. I felt that a lot," Ashwin said.

ICC has formed a three-member committee to review conduct of T20 World Cup 2024, which was co-hosted by USA and the Caribbean last month. The committee features ex-New Zealand batter Roger Twose and two other directors, Lawson Naidoo and Imran Khwaja. The ICC reportedly incurred losses of over $20 million for conducting matches in New York, Florida and Dallas.

Talking about South Africa needing 30 runs off 30 balls in T20 World Cup 2024 final, ex-India bowling coach Paras Mhambrey said they were worried the final would go away if Heinrich Klaasen batted for 12 balls. Discussing Klaasen's dismissal, Mhambrey stated, "Klaasen thought four was written all over it...but got outside edge...We knew their batting didn't have enough depth."

Ex-India head coach Ravi Shastri said Rishabh Pant's wicketkeeping in T20 World Cup 2024 really surprised everyone. "He hardly missed anything, albeit he must have felt the pressure as the tournament got on because it's not easy to come back and do all the stuff he did," added Shastri. India beat South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final.

Speaking about showing his emotions after India won T20 World Cup 2024 by beating South Africa in the final by seven runs, Rahul Dravid, then head coach, said, "You don't plan these things." "I try to keep my emotions in check as a coach," he stated. "But at that time, I felt really happy for the team," he added.

Team India captain Rohit Sharma and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah visited the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai with the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy on Wednesday. The official Instagram account of the Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir Trust shared pictures from their visit. India won the T20 World Cup 2024 after defeating South Africa in the final on June 29.

India batter Rinku Singh said captain Rohit Sharma came to him after he wasn't selected in India's 2024 T20 World Cup squad and said he is young and shouldn't be disappointed. Rinku said Rohit told him that T20 World Cup comes in every two years and he should keep working hard. Rinku was named as reserve player for the tournament.

India captain Rohit Sharma, during an appearance on 'The Great Indian Kapil Show', revealed when South Africa needed 30 to win off 30 balls in T20 World Cup 2024 final, Rishabh Pant used his brain and stopped the match. Rohit added the physiotherapist came to tape Pant's knee. Rohit suggested the break might've helped in breaking the batters' rhythm.

Talking about the T20 World Cup 2024 final on 'The Great Indian Kapil Show', India captain Rohit Sharma revealed that he told his teammates to sledge South African batters during the last stage of the match. "We all said a few things to their batters…I told the boys 'We will handle the umpires and referee later'," Rohit added.

Wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma, who wasn't included in India's T20 World Cup 2024-winning squad, said if he was a selector, he wouldn't have picked himself at that moment. "Rishabh Pant had come back and proved himself and the form Sanju Samson was in...I too would've preferred those two only," he explained. Jitesh has played nine T20Is for India so far.

Recalling T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa, India all-rounder Hardik Pandya said the victory in final removed a big weight off "his shoulder". "Proud of the way I was able to stand and...not show a lot of emotions or how I have been going through," Pandya added. Pandya defended 16 runs off the last over in the final.