The International Cricket Council (ICC) gave a glimpse of Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York which will host the much anticipated India and Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024 match later this year.
The construction of the cricket stadium which started in early February has made great strides within one month with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 starting on June 1.
“The 34,000-capacity stadium hosts eight matches in the tournament, including the much-awaited clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan. The ground will be home to India during the entirety of the group stages, where they will also face Ireland and host USA,” ICC mentioned in an official statement.
Key facets of the stadium
Designed to accommodate 12,500 people, the East Stand of the stadium started to take shape over the past month with cranes lifting the modular framework in place.
In addition, preparation work has also started on the modular stadium’s outfield as well as the north and south premium hospitality along with media pavilions.
Notably, the Nassau cricket ground will be home to team India for the entire group stage during the T20 World Cup. Further, it will host the cricketing rivals (Ind vs Pak) on June 9, 2024. India is scheduled to face Ireland and the hosts USA in the group stage.
“It is extremely exciting to see the progress made in the construction of the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York over the past month. Work on the outfield commenced in January and in the past few weeks the East Stand framework has really started to take shape,” said Chris Tetley, the ICC Head of Events, according to ICC.
Fixtures to be held in New York
June 3 – Sri Lanka vs South Africa – June 3
June 5 – India vs Ireland
June 7 – Canada vs Ireland
June 8 – Netherlands vs South Africa
June 9 – India vs Pakistan
June 10 – South Africa vs Bangladesh
June 11 – Pakistan vs Canada
June 12 – USA vs India