The 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the ninth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, a biennial Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is being co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States from 1 to 29 June 2024.[1] It is the first major ICC event tournament to feature matches played in the United States, and in any other country in the Americas outside the West Indies.[2] The West Indies is hosting the T20 World Cup for the second time, after having previously hosted the 2010 edition.[3] England are the defending champions, having defeated Pakistan in the final of the previous edition.
Wasim Akram HI (Punjabi, Urdu: وَسیم اکرم; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He is often revered as The Sultan of Swing.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] In October 2013, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[9][10][11][12] As captain, he led Pakistan to the finals of the 1999 Cricket World Cup, where they lost to Australia by 8 wickets. He was a part of the Pakistani squad which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
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