India vs Pakistan clash in the 2024 T20 World Cup to be held in USA

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The blockbuster ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is about one and a half years away from us but the preparation for it has already begun. The mega-event is scheduled to be held in the Caribbean and USA with the latter getting the opportunity for the very first time.

Now, even the ICC is bracing up for the USA challenge as the venue inspection team went across the American region to have a closer look at the grounds and facilities. 

Recently, USA Cricket President Atul Rai was questioned regarding the venues for the mega-event after which he confirmed that the summit clash between India and Pakistan, in all probability will be played in the United States.

"Preferably it will be held in the USA considering that India's T20 games against West Indies in Florida were complete sell out," 

Further, he cleared that the ICC has been heavily involved in finalising the venue as they came to the country twice in the last year.

"The ICC events team headed by Chris Tetley had travelled up and down back in May when they inspected a lot of grounds across various cities. Few weeks back (December), they again came back and narrowed their search,"

Moreover, Rai spoke about the possibility of matches happening in San Francisco and Los Angeles along with Dallas and Texas in contention.

"The ICC wants to give us at least 18 months time to get all the venues ready and functional for a global event. During the last inspection, they checked out the Oaklands Coliseum in San Francisco and a ground in Los Angeles (Woodley Cricket Field). They also looked at grounds in Dallas and Texas."

He also spoke about the timings of the match and said that start of the match could be decided based on the timings in India which would be considered by the ICC later.

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