Hardik Pandya, who will lead India in the upcoming three-match T20I series against New Zealand, said the road map for the 2024 T20 World Cup starts now. Hardik further said that going forward a lot of players will be given chances to stake their claim in the side.

Pandya, who will be leading India in the three-match T20I series against New Zealand, starting Friday, said the team needs to overcome their World Cup failure. Pandya also went on to talk about India's big loss in the T20 World Cup semi-final to England.

"Yes, we all know there is the disappointment of the World Cup but we are professionals and we need to cope with it. How we cope with our success we cope up with our failures and move forward and look forward to get better rectify our mistakes," Pandya told reporters.

The next T20 World Cup will be played in 2024 in the West Indies and the United States and the Indian squad is expected to undergo a major transition in the next two years

"Yes, the next T20 WC is almost two years so we have time (to unearth new talent). A lot of cricket will be played and a lot of people will get enough chances. "The road map starts from now. But it's too fresh right now. We have a lot of time so we will sit down and have conversations on those grounds," Pandya said."Right now it's making sure that the boys enjoy playing here. We will talk about the future later," he added.

"The main boys are not here but at the same time the talent which the guys who are already here, they have also been playing for one-and-a-half, two years now," he said.

"They have had ample chances and enough time in international cricket to express themselves and show what they have. Very excited for them, new bunch of guys, new energy and excitement.

"Every series is important. You can't play an international game thinking its not important. Yes, World Cup is there but that's a different format, it's 50 overs.

"But it is an important series for a lot of boys who if they eventually do well here will be able to put a strong case going forward." The Indian cricket team is likely to undergo a series of changes for the 2024 T20 World Cup. Many experts have also advocated the move to make Pandya the T20I captain going into the tournament. Recently former World Cup winners Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Sunil Gavaskar stated Pandya should be made the next captain. "If I was the Chairman of the selection committee, I would say that Hardik Pandya should be the captain of the 2024 World Cup, straight away. And start rebuilding a side right from now itself, that is from the New Zealand series," Srikkanth said on Star Sports recently.

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