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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule of the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024.

The USA and West Indies are co-hosting the tournament, which will start on June 1 and finish on June 29, with the final to be held in Barbados.

Bangladesh are placed in Group D along with Sri Lanka, South Africa, Netherlands and Nepal the matches will be played in both the USA and West Indies.

Bangladesh will start the tournament with their first match against Sri Lanka scheduled on June 7 in Dallas, Texas. Followed that the Tigers will face South Africa and the Netherlands on 10 and 13 June respectively.

Bangladesh will meet Nepal in the last match of the group stage. 

The high-voltage match between India vs Pakistan will take place on 9 June in New York.

20 teams have been divided into four groups of five each. The tournament will be played in two phases before moving into the knockout stages.

The top two teams in each of the four groups of five will move to a Super Eights phase, where the remaining sides split into two groups of four. The top two in each group will then make their way to the semi-finals.

The 55 games will be played across six venues in the West Indies (Kensington Oval, Barbados; Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad; Providence Stadium, Guyana; Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua; Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, St Lucia; Arnos Vale Stadium, St Vincent) and three venues in the USA (Eisenhower Park, New York; Lauderhill, Florida; and Grand Prairie, Texas).