“T20 cricket is all about the mindset. As long as you have the right mindset and you have the belief that you can do it, anything is possible.”

“I always dream big. I dream of becoming champions. It’s my personal thinking, I like to dream big,” Soumya said in a video posted on social media by the BCB today.

Every metric indicates a clear dearth of ability alongside a lack of intent in the Bangladesh team when it comes to T20s.

Saikat, who is part of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires, was an on-field umpire in the USA-Canada match in Texas today.

Before everyone starts rooting for their favourite team, the burning question at the moment is how can you watch the games?

“We are not thinking about what has happened before. We know how capable we are, we have to be brave and execute our plans.”

The 2024 T20 World Cup will be the tournament’s ninth edition, to be co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies.

The warm-up fixture between Bangladesh and India is slated to begin at 8:30 PM Bangladesh time today

Bangladesh are heading into the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup with their most varied bowling attack in recent memory as their arsenal ticks almost all the boxes but questions remain on how the resources will be used in the USA and the Caribbean.

"What we've been able to do throughout the last year as a T20 group, the players we've exposed, has brought us to this moment," said Sammy. "And I think we're about to knock it out of this world."

Mitch Marsh's men were shorthanded because only nine of their World Cup squad have arrived in Port of Spain.

Even though cricket is a global game which in terms of popularity is only behind football in the world, the people running the sport have always been sceptical about letting new teams join the ranks of the established names.

England scripted history in 2022 when Jos Buttler-led team defeated Pakistan at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to win the T20 World Cup more than once.

The match, which was supposed to begin at 9:30 pm Bangladesh time, was the first of two ICC mandated warm-up games for the Tigers

The two most recent champions along with three spirited associates make up Group B of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

Co-hosts West Indies will be eyeing a record third title in the ICC T20 World Cup this year and the man who will lead them in their charge for glory is Rovman Powell.

In Group A, a pair of neighbours – India and Pakistan along with the USA and Canada – will be joined by Ireland.

"The fields of Rome may be a long way from the Gabba, MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) or our front yard growing up. But I feel like I'm coming home. Grazie."

"Sri Lanka are banking on Matheesha Pathirana to turn around their fortunes in the upcoming T20 World Cup," cricket writer Rex Clementine wrote in The Island newspaper.

Aiden Markram is set to appear in his third ICC T20 World Cup this year, first time as captain, in the USA and the West Indies where he will be leading a strong squad with a point to prove.