timeThere hasn’t been a match between India and Pakistan yet, but this one doesn’t mean much by any stretch of the imagination. Over 75 years, the rivalry has lasted for 59 Test matches, 135 One-Day Internationals and 12 T20 matches, and is as fierce as any international sport. But the stakes in this latest game between the two teams are unfamiliar.
Over the past week it has become clear that the success of the entire New York leg of the T20 World Cup will depend on it and the entire multi-million dollar project, which involves building the entire 34,000-seat stadium, has been organized around the installation.
The Nassau County venue has not sold out in any of its first three group games. Total attendance was only slightly equal to its capacity. The architects made the place so huge that even the 20,000 spectators watching India’s victory over Ireland seemed a bit lost in the giant scaffolding stands.
On the other hand, India vs Pakistan tickets are already sold out. The few available for resale start at $700 (£550) each – cheaper than the final reception slot, which sells for $10,000. Many of the company’s boxes have been empty all week and will be used for the game before being torn down again.
Most locals didn’t even know the game was happening, but the few who did didn’t talk about much else. It seems like everyone in the Pakistani and Indian American communities goes there, and everyone else wants to know how to join them.
“Almost everyone I saw asked me for a ticket,” said Venu Pisk, president of USA Cricket. Meanwhile, Team USA starting pitcher Ali Khan sighed: “Oh, man, don’t go there. I have to stop answering these requests. I didn’t even mess with the tickets for that game, that’s crazy.”
Regardless of the actual game, you can’t attend a New York Mets watch party at Citi Field. They expect 27,000 people to watch the game on the big screen, and about 5,000 more to attend a similar event at Cedar Creek Park, a few miles from Eisenhower Park. That’s before you start adding in all the people following the game in restaurants, bars and corner stores across the city.
The small town of Westbury had no idea what was about to happen. “We don’t know what’s going to happen,” County Administrator Bruce Blakeman said, “but we’re told it’s going to be like the Super Bowl.”
An additional 100 police officers have been deployed to patrol the area, and 300 local police officers will be on scene, along with an unspecified number of reinforcements from Suffolk County, state police and the FBI. They deployed snipers on nearby rooftops, SWAT teams at every gate, flatbed trucks blocking every route into the venue, and a team of 50 police officers monitoring “every aspect of the venue via cameras from remote locations.” One inch”.
Police Chief Patrick Ryder said it was the largest incident in the county since President Obama’s death in 2012. It’s much bigger in itself because that’s just one person and this is over thirty thousand people.
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The ground is ready. The pitches were grown on beds shipped from Australia and it was pretty crazy all week. Coaches and batsmen have been complaining about inconsistent bounce, with three players being hit during India’s match against Ireland. A 24-hour emergency effort by the ground crew ensued and if batsmen still struggle to time their deliveries in Ireland’s second Test against Canada on Friday, at least no one else will have to withdraw injured. Both sides also successfully exceeded 100 points, something no other team has ever done.
The International Cricket Federation may be independent, but it still has to answer to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and its broadcast partners, which generate 85% of the sport’s revenue. The game could be played on an unsuitable or even dangerous pitch, making the managers more nervous than the batsmen.
The team itself is used to the hoopla surrounding these games. The state of relations between the two countries means India and Pakistan have only played each other in international matches, but with the ICC always ensuring they are paired up, India and Pakistan have faced each other 18 times in the past decade.
The players are the only ones who understand what it’s like to play in a game that attracts nearly 500 million viewers, and therefore develop an intimate relationship with each other. They tend to get along better than their politicians.
India looked strong as they beat Ireland by eight wickets here on Wednesday. That was not to be, as Pakistan lost their first match against the United States in the Super Over in Dallas on Thursday. Whoever wins, the organizers will be content with a few good scores, a close finish, a couple of sixes and a clean escape.
