The Men in Blue beat New Zealand by 96 runs on Sunday to successfully defend their T20 World Cup title. The victory made India the first team to win the T20 World Cup on home soil, the first to win consecutive titles after their 2024 win, and the first to lift the trophy three times (2007, 2
Six teams each in the men's and women's categories are set to battle for medals in an upcoming tournament. With 90 athlete quotas allocated for each tournament, participating nations can field squads of up to 15 members.
Six teams in both men's and women's cricket and a total of 180 players, will be participating in cricket's tournament to the Olympics for the first time since 1900 in T20 format. Each team can name a squad of 15 members for the tournament.
The T20 World Cup will start on June 1 and will be played in Venues in the USA and the Caribbean. The final will be held on June 29 in Barbados. 16 matches of the tournament will be hosted in the USA at three stadiums, Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, Central Broward