The 2024 ICC T20 World Cup is set to kick off from June 1 with the United States and the West Indies being the hosts for the prestigious tournament. Spanning the entire month of June, USA and Canada will kick start the proceedings in the opening match of the tournament.
Meanwhile, all the knockout stage games are set to be played in the Caribbean Islands. The Providence stadium in Guyana and the Brian Lara Cricket Academy stadium in Trinidad and Tobago will be hosting the semi-finals of the tournament while the Kensington Oval stadium in Barbados is set to host the final.
However, the reserve days allotted for the World Cup semifinals could pose a logistical problem for the teams involved in case weather decides to play spoilsport. What is the issue?
The reserve day has been kept for the knockout games to ensure a fair game on the next day if the game washes out due to rains or any other reason on the scheduled date.
Hence the reserve days for the semi-final are 27th June for the first semi-final and 28th June for the second. Meanwhile, 30th June is the reserve day for the final.
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The two semi-final games of the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup will be played on the 26th and the 27th of June.
The reserve days for each of these semifinals are scheduled on the vey next days. This could in turn affect the finalists, if rain/weather makes an appearance on the normally scheduled days.
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The 2024 T20 World Cup final will be held on June 29, just two days after the scheduled second semifinal. Interestingly, the final also has a reserve day, on June 30.
The second semi-final of the T20 World Cup is set to be played on the 27th of June at the Providence stadium in Guyana. In the case that the game moves to reserve day, the game will be played on the 28th with the final scheduled at 29th.
This would result in the winners of the second semi-final to play the final in a gap of 24 hours, resulting in minimal amount of rest for the players. Another problem seems to be the distance between the venues of the second semi-final and the final.
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The distance from Guyana and Barbados is just under a 1000 km, which would be a two-to-three hour flight. Having already played the semi-final and the final in under 24 hours, a three-hour flight journey would be another worry to handle for the second semi-final winners.
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Rahul is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.
