The Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, the temporary venue that hosted the high profile India vs. Pakistan match in the T20 World Cup on June 9, will be dismantled within the next six weeks, according to reports.
This unique stadium, which saw eight T20 World Cup matches, including the historic first-ever clash between the US and India, will soon return to its original state as a public park with a grassy field.
Several young Indian Americans were flag-bearers at the ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) 2024 T20 World Cup in the US, feeling proud to be part of an historic event in cricket.
Meanwhile, while their parents sounded excited as well, some of them felt the momentum for the future of the game in America would depend on whether it got the same official recognition as other mainstream US sports.
Indica spoke to parents and students of the California Cricket Academy, one of the pioneer cricket academies in Silicon Valley. Founded by Hemant Buch, it sent eight students to the India-Ireland and India-Pakistan matches at the Nassau County International Stadium in Long Island.
The USA winning the T20 World Cup game against Pakistan has stunned many, including the US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti, who was a speaker at the Asia Society event in California. He paused during his speech and asked the audience what happened at the match, and got excited to learn that the USA won. He could not believe and said, “Thank you India… Wow seriously the USA won… I felt there was little chance that is amazing they won.”
USA Cricket’s World Cup win on Saturday, June 1 over Canada has excited South Asian fans and sparked new enthusiasm for the sport’s growth in America.
The USA Cricket team got off to a flying start in the Group A opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 USA made 197/3 at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas beating Canada with seven wickets and 14 balls remaining.
Yajurvindra Singh writes: The Indian Premier League (IPL) has all the cricket-loving followers glued to it every evening. This cricket entertainment has captured the hearts of the public. The close-finish matches have the ingredients that make it even more interesting. The T20 cricket extravaganza is not scripted and therefore it brings in the excitement of unravelling a mystery.
Indian American Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San José) has launched an initiative to support cricket in the US. He has announced his intention to introduce an Assembly Resolution to recognize and support the sport of cricket in California.
Watching a World Cup cricket match in highlights is like watching a whole movie in a trailer. All the spoilers are neatly packed in about three minutes with everything of value disclosed at regular intervals.
Azad Engineering, an engineering and technology solutions provider, on Monday announced that cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has made an undisclosed strategic investment in the company.
It was as a ten-year-old that I first saw Salim Durrani play at Jamnagar. My brother Manoj and I were taken to watch a friendly game of cricket at the Jamnagar cricket stadium by our eldest brother Trilochan’s friends, Micky Chana and Kartikeya Sarabhai sometime in late 1971 or early 1972.
Justice Markandey Katju says: The Ahmedabad cricket test match between India and Australia is currently being played, and TV and the media is full of it. The Indian and Australian Prime Ministers attended it.
Indian-origin professor Hari Balakrishnan has been awarded the 2023 Marconi prize for his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed systems.
Justice Markandey Katju- Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman, Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own. Cricket is really one of the opiums of the Indian and Pakistani masses ( the other opiums being TV, films, petty politics, religion, etc ). Its whole purpose […]
Bad news for cricket fans who were looking forward to shake off the coronavirus blues by catching up on the Indian cricket team’s tour of Sri Lanka.
IANS- Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar utilized the time between the limited-overs and the Test match series of the West Indies tour to visit the US to create awareness of the Heart to Heart Foundation (h2h). This is in collaboration with the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital, which is providing free surgeries for children with congenital […]
Yajurvindra Singh- The two most difficult jobs in India are that of the Prime Minister and the Indian cricket team captain. The saffron colors of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of the dynamic Narendra Modi, has won handsomely in the elections. Amid the celebrations of BJP’s emphatic triumph, the Indian captain, […]
