Even because the ODI Cricket World Cup in India is about to start subsequent month on October 5, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) is busy getting ready for the mega occasion within the shortest format subsequent 12 months. West Indies and USA will collectively host the T20 World Cup subsequent 12 months in June and the ICC has locked in three venues within the USA for the event.
Three main cities in USA – Dallas, Florida and New York have been confirmed as venues to host the matches of the T20 World Cup subsequent 12 months. In keeping with Cricbuzz, New York Metropolis will even host the marquee India vs Pakistan match on the 34000 capability stadium. Modular Stadium options shall be utilized to extend services.
The ICC additionally confirmed that an settlement has been reached for the contruction of 34000-seat modular stadium in Eisenhower Park whereas Grand Prairiie and Broward County shall be elevated in dimension to develop seating for the followers and media individuals.
ICC Chief Govt Geoff Alardice was delighted after the world physique was capable of verify the venues within the USA for the T20 World Cup. “We’re delighted to announce the three USA venues that may host a part of the most important ICC Males’s T20 World Cup ever staged, with 20 groups competing for the trophy. The USA is a strategically essential market and these venues give us a wonderful alternative to make an announcement on the earth’s greatest sport market.
“We explored plenty of potential venue choices within the nation, and we had been massively inspired by the keenness the occasion generated amongst potential hosts, reinforcing the rising consciousness round cricket’s large fanbase and its energy to unite numerous communities.
“We’re very excited concerning the alternative to make use of modular stadium expertise to current world-class cricket in a location that has not beforehand hosted an ICC international occasion giving USA cricket followers the possibility to look at the world’s greatest on their doorstep,” he stated. The T20 World Cup subsequent 12 months is about to be performed from June 4 to June 30 because the ICC is wanting ahead excitingly to see the game develop within the USA.
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