New York chosen to host the marquee clash between cricket giants India and Pakistan

New York hosts India vs Pakistan clash, boosting cricket in the USA. Olympic return in 2028 linked to IPL's global success.

Written by: Krutarth Ghosalkar

Edited by: Krutarth Ghosalkar

Last Updated: 2023-12-15 08:58:52

Summary: The United States will co-host the T20 World Cup, scheduled in June with the West Indies. The tournament is co-sponsored by the Caribbean and the United States. 20 countries will participate in the World Cup.

According to census data, New York is home to about 7 lakh Indians and 1 lakh Pakistanis, which is why New York was chosen as the venue for the biggest clash between the two cricket-loving nations. New York's stadium will be all set in Eisenhower Park on Long Island with a capacity of 34,000.

This tournament is jointly hosted by the Caribbean and the United States. 20 countries will participate in the World Cup. Half of them will play their opening group stage game in the United States, and the other half in the West Indies.

The ICC inspection team visited all venues and found no reason why World Cup matches could not be held. However, some of these areas require expansion.

In the United States, his two other stadiums are Central Broward Park in Florida and Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas. Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and the Grenadines. Dominica was also previously scheduled to host the games but withdrew as host in early December.

The main match of the 2024 T20 World Cup between India and Pakistan will be held in New York, the Guardian reported. The United States will co-host the T20 World Cup, scheduled in June, with the West Indies.

According to reports, the match will be held at a pop-up stadium in the suburbs of New York. A temporary 34,000-seat stadium will be built for the New York Games.

The game will be played in New York, which is home to around 7,11,000 people of Indian and around 1,00,000 people of Pakistani, according to the latest census data.

Although the time difference between Delhi and New York is 10.5 hours, some of the Indian matches are scheduled for Indian television viewers.

Only three venues will be used in the United States, Broward Park in Florida, Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas, and Eisenhower Park on Long Island, about 45 miles from downtown Manhattan.

Cricket will also be included in his sports at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, returning to the Olympic circuit for the first time in over 120 years.

Cricket's journey from its long exile to the Olympics is deeply intertwined with the IPL's legacy. The league's push for a T20 format, followed by countries across the continent, is believed to be one of the reasons it was considered part of the Olympic Games, which previously could not support a 50-over format.

After Los Angeles was awarded the Games in 2017, cricket was included in the initial shortlist of 14 sports to be nominated and included in the program.