BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Famous person Chris Gayle pulled the lever to light up New York’s iconic Empire State Constructing as organizers launched the Twenty20 World Cup trophy tour for the June showpiece.
The 44-year-old Gayle, a two-time T20 World Cup winner, was joined on the opening ceremony by United States fast-bowling star Ali Khan. The 2 gamers symbolize the host groups, the West Indies and the USA.
The Empire State Constructing was remodeled into navy and pink, the official match colours for the June 1-29 match that may see a file 20 groups competing for the primary time.
“The beginning of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup trophy tour is an emphatic sign to followers worldwide that the World Cup is coming,” stated match director Fawwaz Baksh.
“All through its Caribbean leg of the tour, followers can stay up for a plethora of participating actions, together with meet-and-greets with cricket stars and legends, Caribbean-infused cultural leisure, and the chance to see and take footage of the trophy in individual at among the area’s most iconic places.
“Along with fan-facing engagements, the trophy tour may also function a platform to leverage the continued progress of cricket globally and to drive optimistic change and go away an enduring affect on communities.”
The US will likely be internet hosting an ICC World Cup for the primary time, with eight matches scheduled for the state-of-the-art modular 34,000-capacity stadium in Nassau County, New York. The renovated Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas and Broward County Stadium in Fort Lauderdale will every stage 4 matches.
As well as, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago may also host video games within the Caribbean.
The trophy tour, dubbed “Out of This World,” will go to 15 nations throughout 4 continents, together with Argentina, Brazil and Canada.
“With lower than three months to go till the primary ball of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024, there may be large anticipation for what will likely be a historic occasion for cricket within the Americas,” stated the Worldwide Cricket Council’s basic supervisor for Advertising and Communications, Claire Furlong.
“As we rely right down to the World Cup, the Trophy Tour gives followers with the chance to take part within the occasion in places throughout the globe.
“The tour will journey extensively throughout the Americas, igniting the fervour of each new and present followers to share within the pleasure of T20 cricket’s pinnacle world occasion coming to the area. And what higher option to kick it off than by lighting up one of many world’s most iconic buildings in one of many world’s most iconic cities?”
West Indies will compete in Group C alongside New Zealand, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Uganda.
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