NEW DELHI, The T20 World Cup will spread much-needed visibility for cricket in the United States, but ultimately the lure of competing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will overwhelm the local cricket competition, which is played primarily by foreigners. Chairman Venu Pithike feels US Cricket will attract Americans.
The United States is co-hosting the tournament with the West Indies, and the American team will play neighboring Canada in the opening game on June 1st, making it their first appearance in the World Cup.
The team is primarily made up of semi-professional cricketers of South Asian descent, including former New Zealand star Corey Anderson, who has switched allegiance to his adopted homeland of America. Former Indian first-class cricketer Milind Kumar and former India U-19 player Harmeet Singh are also part of the team.
In an interview with PTI, Pisike agreed that communicating cricket to the American public is a big challenge.
“So far, cricket is primarily an expatriate sport, but with marketing and promotional efforts during the World Cup, it has gained some momentum and the World Cup will definitely enhance opportunities to expand cricket in the United States.” ” Pischke said.
“Without a doubt, the World Cup will bring a lot of awareness, it will bring an opportunity for cricket to participate in the Olympics, and the United States is a huge sporting power, so it will definitely attract the community.
“With cricket joining the Olympics, the Olympics is a key area of focus for all sporting bodies and there will actually be more opportunities to expand the sport between the World Cup and the Olympics.”
New York will be ready within a week
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The World Cup will be held at three venues in the United States, but the heavily monitored facility is in New York, where India and Pakistan will play on June 9.
India will also play Ireland and the United States at a temporary 34,000-seater stadium at Eisenhower Park. The drop-in pitch is imported from Australia.
Pischke said the stadium will be completed within a week.
“So the new stadium that's being built in New York will be unveiled within a week. It's going to be an incredible amount of cricket infrastructure built in a very short period of time.” He mentioned construction work. In January.
“The ball was recently brought to the stadium and pitched, so we can expect a decent pitch in terms of the balance between the bat and the ball.''
Considering long-term cooperation with BCCI after the World Cup
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Although America did not train in India as the World Cup will be held in their home country, Pischiki is seeking help from the BCCI for the training and exposure of the players after the mega event.
“That's right. In the past, we have sent a men's team to Karnataka before taking part in the 2022 CWC qualifiers. And we have also sent a men's team to the state of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association to send an under-19 men's team. There was also a partnership with an association called Andhra Cricket Association” ahead of the World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka.
“There are some discussions going on with various cricket associations and we definitely want to partner and utilize the resources that are available to us and that's definitely something we're looking at going forward. ”
The BCCI recently clarified that member countries will not be able to contact national institutions directly and all requests will have to go through the parent body.
Stable governance is a challenge, but we are currently compliant
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The current structure was recognized in 2019 after the previous US cricket body was suspended by the ICC over governance issues. Pischke acknowledged the challenges on that front.
“The opportunity to become the national governing body for the Olympics will streamline governance, as the U.S. Olympics requires us to follow certain guidelines and adopt certain policies.
“Compared to the previous regime, we are fully compliant with respect to financial management and other related activities,” he added.
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