Former West Indies star Chris Gayle hopes the T20 World Cup will help crack cricket into the lucrative American sports market and take the game to a new global level. The highlight of the Twenty20, which begins on June 1st, will be co-hosted by the United States and the Gaels. But this will be the first major international cricket tournament to be held in the US, and Gayle, who is expected to draw a sold-out crowd for the clash between arch-rivals India and Pakistan at the 34,000-seat makeshift venue, will be the first major international cricket tournament to be held in the US. “We believe the success of Major League Cricket, the T20 franchise tournament, has given the game a foothold in the United States,” he said.The International Cricket Council (ICC) is working to popularize cricket. “India vs Pakistan will be played in New York and I am sure it will be a phenomenal match,” Gayle told AFP in an interview with 100 days left until the start of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. “They (USA) held a successful T20 tournament last year. West Indies have a tradition of limited-overs cricket and won the first two Men's One-Day International World Cups in 1975 and 1979. “We missed out on the 50-over World Cup so it will be great for the players to actually play for something,” Gayle said in a video call from Barbados. Told. “We just want to be in the final here in Barbados (June 29). If we get to the final, anything is possible. I'm excited for people to actually get to see a little bit of cricket,” he said in 2007. added Gayle, a big-hitting opener who became the first batsman to score a T20 international century. 44 years old West team member. The Indian team, who were T20 world champions in 2012 and 2016, are at the bottom of the world rankings, at 7th place, but the current team does not have enough 'options' to deprive title holders England of the title. He said that he has “experience”. West Indies lost their recent ODIs. They won the series in Australia 3-0 and lost the T20 series 2-1, as an underpowered team pulled off a thrilling victory by just eight points against the reigning world champions in five days in Brisbane. The Test series ended in a 1-1 draw. It was the first time since 1997 that West Indies, who dominated Test cricket in the 1980s and 1990s, had won a Test in Australia, and Gayle said it was a huge achievement for the team. “The adrenaline and excitement of winning against Australia (in Tests) has been going on for years and you know I've been part of that fight as well as captaining Australia. “We won in such a great way. It's amazing that we were able to capture that.'' When a player like Brian Lara (who bats great) was actually doing commentary (on television), you saw how excited he was. , I also saw (former hitter) Carl Hooper in tears. ”One of the pressing issues for world cricket chiefs is that in an era of top global franchise competitions, players no longer need to earn a living from international matches. Former West Indies captain Jason Holder missed the Test series in Australia and instead played T20 cricket in the United Arab Emirates. Gail is one of the original Grovers. The T20 'loan gun' has had several clashes with Caribbean cricket chiefs over availability, but he says it is the management's responsibility to balance the schedule. Told. “I'm always in favor of players getting paid. That's their livelihood. That's their job,” he said. “Cricket is actually big business, so you can't blame players for choosing a franchise over a particular country, because there's no loyalty on either side. There's too much cricket and there are two big teams We're a little bit away from international cricket unless we play. We just need to build a little bit better to make sure we're competitive when both teams play against each other at international level.”
