ICC T20 World Cup 2024: ‘Battle-hardened’ India to face Ireland in New York
Live MintIreland coach Heinrich Malan said Tuesday that this summer's T20 World Cup would be special but it was a "Catch-22 situation" that his team would be playing India in their opening match. Ireland, who won their first ever Test against Afghanistan last week, will play all their group matches in the United States, taking on India and Canada in New York before moving to Lauderhill, Florida to face USA -- co-hosts with the West Indies -- and Pakistan. "If you go back a couple of years and said we are going to play cricket in America, no one would have believed you," Malan told reporters in a video conference ahead of his side's first one-day international against the Afghans in Sharjah on Thursday. “It's an exciting opportunity for us but we've got a bit of work to do to tick all the boxes before we jump on that plane.” "If you look at who we are going to play, Pakistan and India, ask any T20 cricketer, these are two of the teams you want to play.