India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024: America celebrates grand sporting occasions. Celebs flock for the Super Bowl week; Hollywood descends on Miami when Lionel Messi turns up; Marlon Brando would wear a false beard and attend baseball games; Ernest Hemingway would sneak into the packed stands to watch his favourite star, Joe DiMaggio. Cricket’s biggest game yet in the US, between arch-rivals India and Pakistan, wouldn’t bring Hollywood or celebs to New York, or capture the country’s imagination.
But this Sunday they could get the first glimpse of cricket’s most marketable rivalry with all its fervour and frenzy. It could acquaint them with the mad rush, the feverish excitement, and the aural commotion of a predominant Indian and Pakistani crowd. A slice of the subcontinent in Long Island.
The build-up had begun long ago. Since the moment rumours swirled that New York would host the most sellable game in the sport, this has been projected as the match that could spark the sport’s American revolution. But as the tournament unfolded, the erratic drop-in pitches and unearthly-priced tickets have stolen some of the attention from the contest per se.
As has the USA’s shock defeat of Pakistan, after which the latter’s stocks and odds have dramatically plummeted. 📸 Preps In Full Swing!👌 👌 #TeamIndia gearing up for the #INDvPAK clash in New York 👍 👍 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.
com/V9Q3qjsFEa — BCCI (@BCCI) June 8, 2024 But once the seats begin to fill, the.
