New Delhi: Most of the Indian team members will leave for the United States along with the support staff on May 25 for the T20 World Cup, a day before the Indian Premier League (IPL) final, according to media reports.
The remaining players will take a separate flight to New York City, where they play a majority of their group-stage fixtures, the reports mentioned.
The BCCI is now reportedly boarding the first batch of players after the conclusion of IPL Qualifier 2, which takes place in Chennai on May 24.
“The likes of skipper Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel are some of the players along with support staff who are expected to leave on May 25,” a BCCI source told PTI.
India will play only one warm-up match against Bangladesh on June 1.
The country will begin its T20 World Cup campaign against Ireland four days later.
India will play against their arch-rival Pakistan on June 9, before flying to Florida where they face Canada near Miami.
