[18] Former cricketers Yuvraj Singh,[19] Chris Gayle, and Shahid Afridi[20] as well as Olympian athlete Usain Bolt[21] were named as the ambassadors of the tournament.
[33] In May 2023, Cricket West Indies (CWI) began a bidding process for countries in the Caribbean region willing to host the matches of the World Cup.
[38][39] Central Broward Park and Grand Prairie Stadium were to be expanded, with temporary grandstands and hospitality areas doubling their capacity during the tournament.
Nigel Camacho, the president of the Queen's Park Cricket Club, stated that the venue would instead most likely host warm-up matches before the start of the main tournament.
[45] In December 2023, a delegation of representatives from the ICC undertook an inspection of the confirmed host venues in the Caribbean and the United States, so as to finalize the fixtures for the tournament.
[46] The Long Island stadium was slated to host the India–Pakistan group stage match, considered one of the largest rivalries in the sport.
[47] On 17 January 2024, the ICC unveiled the proposed design of the temporary New York stadium—Nassau County International Cricket Stadium—which was completed in May 2024 in time for the tournament.
[74] The Nassau County Stadium at New York hosted its first ever international match on 3 June between South Africa and Sri Lanka.
In reply, USA chased down the target in 17.4 overs with Aaron Jones scoring 94* from 40 deliveries and putting up a partnership of 131 runs with Andries Gous.
[74] On 2 June 2024, the second match saw the other host, West Indies taking on Papua New Guinea at Providence Stadium and emerging victorious by 5 wickets, despite PNG's valiant efforts.
[79] The third match saw Namibia defeating Oman in the Super Over after a low scoring tied game at Kensington Oval.
Richie Berrington and Michael Leask made a partnership of 74 runs which sealed the win for Scotland while chasing a target of 156.
In the second innings, Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up 4 wickets each to bundle out New Zealand for a mere 75 and ensured a win by 84 runs.
[95] In the last match of the day, Bangladesh earned their first win against Sri Lanka in T20 World Cup at Grand Prairie Stadium.
Bangladesh restricted Sri Lanka to 124/9 in the first innings and in reply chased down the target with 2 wickets and an over in hand despite Nuwan Thushara's bowling figure of 4/18.
On the other hand, Ottniel Baartman picked up 4 wickets in 4 overs conceding only 11 runs which also helped South Africa to restrict Netherlands to a low score.
[103] Put into bat first, India were all out for 119 with Rishabh Pant being the highest scorer with 42 (31) while Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf picking up 3 wickets each.
Batting first, Oman made gave a target of 151 to Scotland who in return chased it down in 13.1 overs thanks to George Munsey's 41 (20) and Brandon McMullen's 61* (31).
Aaron Johnson made 52 which helped Canada set a target of 107 which Pakistan chased down in 17.1 overs with Mohammad Rizwan's unbeaten half century.
[108] The 23rd match between Nepal and Sri Lanka on 11 June 2024 at Central Broward Park was abandoned due to rain resulting in South Africa's qualification for Super 8.
[113] On the same day, West Indies defeated New Zealand by 13 runs at Brian Lara Cricket Academy and qualified for the Super 8 as well.
West Indies managed a total of 180/4, in return England scored 181/2 thanks to an unbeaten knock of 87 from 47 balls by Phil Salt and Jonny Bairstow's 48* (26).
[138][139] The second innings was cut short due to the rain, wherein Australia were already 28 runs ahead of their DLS par score of 72 from 11.2 overs thus was victorious.
Batting first, USA could only manage to score 128 in return West Indies chased down the target in 10.5 overs with the loss of one wicket only thanks to blistering unbeaten knock of 82 (39) from Shai Hope.
Afghanistan batting first set a total of 148/6 with an opening partnership of 118 between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran and then bowling out Australia for 127 with Gulbadin Naib and Naveen-ul-Haq picking up 7 wickets between themselves.
[151] Later on the same day, South Africa became the second team to qualify for the semi-final after defeating West Indies at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
South Africa, after losing the toss, took three early Indian wickets of skipper Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Suryakumar Yadav.
South Africa's chase began with the loss of two early wickets, but Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs took the total to 106.
After they were both dismissed, Heinrich Klaasen made the fastest fifty in a World Cup final, including scoring 24 runs off the 15th over bowled by Axar Patel.
[173] The ICC also offered highlights from the Super 8 round onward through an immersive app for visionOS, allowing users to view presentations from various areas of the stadium.