Oakland, Florida and Los Angeles are among the cities identified by the ICC venue research team as potential hosts for the 2024 T20 World Cup co-hosted by the United States and the West Indies, said USA Cricket President Atul Rai. increase.
India v Pakistan, the biggest box office draw of the ICC event, is understood to be more likely to take place in the United States rather than the West Indies given both teams enjoy crowd support.
“Preferably in the United States given that India’s T20 game against the West Indies in Florida has completely sold out,” Rai said in his interview with PTI.
The 2024 global event will be the first of its kind in the United States, with Caribbean nations hosting the 50-overs (2007) and his T20 World Cup (2010) respectively.
“The ICC Events Team, led by Chris Tetley, visited many sites in different cities in May. A few weeks ago (December) they came back and narrowed down their search,” Rai added.
The tent event aims to increase the appeal of cricket in North America, home to a significant number of Asians who are passionate about the game.
“The ICC wants to give at least 18 months to prepare and operate all venues for a global event. We toured the compound (Woodley Cricket Field) and they also looked at properties in Dallas and Texas,” said Lai. Having hosted several T20 games between India and the West Indies last year, Florida’s Fort Lauderhill remains an obvious choice as a venue.
One of the problems in the United States is that most pitches that are converted to cricket pitches are baseball stadiums with short dimensions and small capacity.
However, Lai assured that the ICC will select appropriate grounds and that each aspect will be investigated, so dimensions will not be an issue.
“If you look at the ground in Los Angeles, India A came here to play her five matches against Australia. It’s a real cricket ground with big restrictions and the crowd capacity is pretty good,” Rai said. I was. Lai also said that Major League Cricket (MLC) has assured the parent company that the venues in Dallas and Texas are ready to play.
But what’s more exciting is that New York has a number of tournament-ready cricket grounds with portable galleries.
“New York is also a possibility, because so many people follow sports. Twenty years ago, the then-Mayor of New York City said that out of his eight New Yorkers, he said one was associated with cricket.” insisted,” he said.
Rai also said he will update the selected venues and number of games in the US within six to eight weeks. The biggest advantage, he argued, is that the infrastructure can be built in the shortest amount of time.
“Temporary galleries are built in up to two weeks when held at one of our New York City campuses. In New York, all pitches have grass pitches.
When a late-night game is live-streamed in India, it starts in the morning.