T20 World Cup 2024: Why only America?
T20 world cup 2024: Why only America? Until a few years ago, no one had even heard that USA also has a cricket team. Then in 2021, the international cricket Council (ICC) said that the 2024 world cup will be played in USA and West Indies. west indies is already a well-known name in cricket, but in the last 3 years, world-class grounds have been built inside the USA. The upcoming world cup will start from june 2, in which 20 teams will participate. Since cricket is not very famous in America, the question arises why the ICC has decided to organize a big tournament like the world cup here.USA has been selected as an experiment!Since the number of cricket fans in the USA is very less, filling the seats in the grounds can be a very complicated task for the management of the stadium. Especially how will the crowd be gathered in the matches of small teams. To get rid of this problem, it was decided to organize only 16 matches in the USA. There are a total of 20 teams in the tournament, between which 55 matches will be played till the final. Out of these, 16 matches will be played in USA and the remaining 39 matches will be played in west indies, where cricket is already famous.Cricket is making a comeback in OlympicsIt was announced some time ago that cricket is being brought back in 2028 Olympics. So what is the connection between the return of cricket in 2028 olympics and organizing t20 world cup 2024 in USA? Let us tell you that the 2028 olympic games are to be held in Los Angeles, America and till then ICC will make every possible effort to promote the game of cricket in the US.Cricket has remained untouched by Western countriesEngland is the birthplace of cricket and after that, the game of cricket was also popular in the countries which were ruled by the British. Today cricket has become very popular in Asia, Europe, australia and African continent. But cricket is still untouched by Western countries. In such a situation, USA can be used as a pawn. If cricket succeeds in making its presence felt in the USA, then countries like Mexico, brazil and argentina may also be encouraged to move forward in cricket.