India to face Bangladesh as ICC releases schedule for T20 World Cup 2024 warmup matches

The T20 World Cup 2024 will be played from June 1-29.

The Indian team will take on Bangladesh in their T20 World Cup warm-up fixture in the USA on June 1, the International Cricket Council announced the schedule for the same on Friday, May 17, 2024.

The venue and time of India's fixture is yet to be announced. Seventeen of the 20 teams will play warm-up games slated from May 27 till June 1 across the USA and Trinidad and Tobago, the ICC stated.

South Africa will play an intrasquad match on May 29 in Florida. Defending champions England, Pakistan and New Zealand are not playing any warm-up matches.

England and Pakistan will be clashing in a four-T20I series starting May 22. Having toured Pakistan for a five-match T20I series, New Zealand will straightaway begin their campaign against Afghanistan on June 8.

The venues for hosting the 16 warm-up matches include Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Texas, Broward County Stadium in Florida, Queen's Park Oval, and Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad and Tobago.

The warm-up fixtures will not have T20I status, allowing teams to field all members of their 15-player squad. The match between the West Indies and Australia at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago on May 30 will be open to fans.

Warm-up Fixtures:

May 27: Canada v Nepal, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas
                Oman v Papua New Guinea, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago
                Namibia v Uganda, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago

May 28: Sri Lanka v Netherlands, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida
                Bangladesh v USA, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas
                Australia v Namibia, Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago

May 29: South Africa intra-squad, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida
                Afghanistan v Oman, Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago

May 30: Nepal v USA, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas
                Scotland v Uganda, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago
                Netherlands v Canada, Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, Grand Prairie, Texas
                Namibia v Papua New Guinea, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad and Tobago
                West Indies v Australia, Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago

May 31: Ireland v Sri Lanka, Broward County Stadium, Broward County, Florida
                Scotland v Afghanistan, Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad and Tobago

June 1: Bangladesh v India.

(PTI inputs)