The first group of Indian cricket players, led by captain Rohit Sharma, left for the United States on Saturday in preparation for the June 2 start of the T20 World Cup. Along with Rohit, a select group of players, including head coach Rahul Dravid, batting coach Vikram Rathour, top-ranked T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav, and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, departed from the Mumbai airport. Axar Patel, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja are among the other players in the travelling team.
A select few players from the IPL clubs who made it to the playoffs, such as ace batsman Virat Kohli, have not yet left for the T20 championship.
The Rajasthan Royals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 2 on Friday night, despite their victory against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Eliminator on Wednesday.
On Sunday, SRH will play the Kolkata Knight Riders.
As a result, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, and Yashasvi Jaiswal have not yet joined the squad.
From June 2 to June 29, the USA and the West Indies will jointly host the T20 World Cup.
At the recently built Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, the Indian cricket team will take on Ireland on June 5.
In their Group A fixtures, India will play Pakistan on June 9 and then co-hosts USA and Canada on June 12 and 15, respectively.
Back in South Africa in 2007, India had emerged victorious in the maiden edition.
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