New York to host India v Pakistan clash in 2024 T20 World Cup
by Exclusive by Simon Burnton in Grenada from US news | The Guardian on (#6H591)
- USA co-staging tournament with West Indies
- America's cricket-loving expats targeted
India's game against Pakistan in a pop-up stadium on the outskirts of New York will be the showpiece occasion of the first group stage of next year's T20 World Cup, with the full schedule due to be signed off by the International Cricket Council and local organising committees today.
Those countries will be among 10 teams who play all their opening group-stage games in the USA, who are co-hosting the tournament with the West Indies, as organisers hope to tap in to America's large, cricket-loving expat communities.
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