New York To Host India-Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024 Face-Off

image-lq64m8p0India and Pakistan to lock horns on USA shores (Twitter)

A newly-built stadium on the outskirts of New York will play host to the high-octane India versus Pakistan face-off for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 in June next summer. According to The Guardian, a full schedule for the tournament has been signed up by the ICC and local organizers and will be unveiled to the world in the coming days.

Speculations were rife about whether the India-Pakistan clash would be hosted on American shores or played on traditional turf in the Caribbean. While it was a certainty that the ICC would look to maximize the historic rivalry at another major event by placing them in the same group, it wasn't clear where the ultimate battle was about to take place.


Now it seems a decision has been made for a new pop-up stadium in New York to host the riveting match-up as the sport's custodians strive to tap America's humoungous cricket-loving expat communities. 

New York To Host IND-PAK T20 World Cup Game 

Notably, the USA, given co-hosting rights and a direct playing spot for the first time at a T20 World Cup as a means to boost the ICC's push for a recently approved Olympics 2028 bid, will have three venues in operation for the next edition of the biannual tournament. 

Central Broward Park in Florida, which has regularly hosted T20Is played on the bilateral front by the West Indies, will be joined by Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas and Eisenhower Park on Long Island. The first two are traditional cricket venues, while the latter is about to be built temporarily in New York City and will boast a capacity crowd of 34,000.

Given that New York has an expat Indian residency count of 7,11,000 and Pakistani residents up to 1,00,000, it made it a perfect hosting ground for the India-Pakistan clash. 

The only obstacle may be the timing, considering the 10-hour difference between the Indian standard clock and America's. But the ICC is likely to schedule India matches on morning starts in the USA to best cater to the Indian television market.