Team India hit the nets in New York ahead of WC opener against Ireland

Team India started its training in New York ahead of their T20 World Cup 2024 opening clash against Ireland on June 5The T20 World Cup 2024 will be played in the West Indies and the USA from June 1 to 29 Men in Blue will also play Bangladesh in their only warmup game on June 1 at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New YorkIndian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah took to Instagram to share a picture of some Indian players warming up including Bumrah himself pacer Arshdeep Singh allrounders Axar Patel Ravindra Jadeja Shivam Dube and number one ranked batter in T20Is Suryakumar YadavBumrahs form pace yorkers and fitness will play a crucial role in deciding how far Men in Blue go in their campaign Having missed the 2022 edition of the tournament in Australia due to injuries the Indian team felt his absence really hard as they were crushed by England by 10 wickets in the semifinalsView this post on InstagramA post shared by jasprit bumrah jaspritb1In 10 T20 WC matches across 2016 and 2021 editions Bumrah took 11 wickets at an average of 2254 and a strike rate of 210 with the best figures of 210The pacer showed some excellent form in the recently concluded Indian Premier League IPL even though his franchise Mumbai Indians MI finished at the last spot with just four wins in 14 games In 13 games he took 20 wickets at an average of 1680 and an economy rate of just 648 with the best figures of 521 He was the thirdhighest wickettaker in the tournamentAlso ReadFar from IPL bowlers set to lord over batsmen at World CupIndia will start their T20 World Cup campaign on June 5 against Ireland at the newly constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New YorkMeanwhile the mostawaited blockbuster clash between India and Pakistan will take place on June 9 They will later play tournament cohosts USA June 12 and Canada June 15 to wrap up their Group A matchesIn the tournament India will be aiming to end their ICC trophy drought having last won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 Since then India has reached the 50over World Cup final in 2023 semifinal in 2015 and 2019 the title clash of the ICC World Test Championship in 2021 and 2023 T20 WC final in 2014 semifinals in 2016 and 2022 but failed to secure a big ICC trophyIndia will be aiming to win their first T20 WC title since they won the inaugural edition of the tournament back in 2007 in South Africa In the last edition held in Australia in 2022 India lost to England by 10 wickets in the semifinalsIndia squad Rohit Sharma c Hardik Pandya vc Yashasvi Jaiswal Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav Rishabh Pant wk Sanju Samson wk Shivam Dube Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Yuzvendra Chahal Arshdeep Singh Jasprit Bumrah Mohd SirajReserves Shubman Gill Rinku Singh Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh KhanWith agency inputs