Watch the stadium that'll host the India vs. Pakistan T20 World Cup game
On Wednesday, the newly-built Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, near New York, was launched, with the sport's world body "excited" to conquer new territories through the T20 World Cup in June. The India vs. Pakistan match on June 9 will be hosted in a 34,000-capacity stadium with infrastructure from the Las Vegas Formula 1 circuit and drop-in pitches prepared in Florida.
The showpiece 20-over event will be co-hosted by the West Indies and the United States starting June 1, with New York, Florida, and Dallas as venues.The International Cricket Council remains happy with the focus on the India-Pakistan clash and the Nassau project as part of bringing the game to the US.
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Chris Tetley, the ICC’s head of events, told reporters in a media roundtable, "Yeah, absolutely! We can run that game anywhere, and the interest in the fixture would be immense.”
“The news stories that we have seen and the media coverage in the US itself, as well as amongst the cricket media around the world, I have not seen that before around an ICC event.”
Tetley further added, “We are really excited to bring the T20 World Cup cricket to the US and the opportunity that it presents to the sport, and from what I can see, there is an audience really waiting for us to come.”