T20 World Cup 2024: What’s at stake in cricket match between US, India

LONG ISLAND – The U.S. cricket team will face off against India on Wednesday at the T20 World Cup 2024.

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The match between the top two teams currently in Group A will take place at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Long Island. 

The U.S. team, which dates to at least 1844, has already made a dent in the hierarchy of the game by beating Pakistan last week at the event, which is being held in New York, Texas, Florida and six other venues dotted around the Caribbean.

The Americans aren’t expected to beat India, but neither were they expected to beat Pakistan – a traditional powerhouse that reached the final at the last T20 World Cup in 2022.

“We know that we really and truly want to get the word out there as it relates to cricket in the country for the American born and raised people,” said Aaron Jones, the American team’s top batter. “I think the further we go in the tournament, the better for us, and the better for us bringing fans on board.”

Still, similar to the match against Pakistan, the Americans can expect the other team to get the bulk of the crowd support on Wednesday.

So far at the T20 World Cup, the United States defeated Canada in its opening Group A game and then downed Pakistan on Thursday. If the team falls against India, the Americans will need to beat Ireland on Friday to have a chance of advancing to the Super 8 – the next stage with the eight quarterfinalists split into two groups of four.

• Monank Patel (c)
• Aaron Jones (vc)
• Andries Gous
• Corey Anderson
• Ali Khan
• Harmeet Singh
• Jessy Singh
• Milind Kumar
• Nisarg Patel
• Nitish Kumar
• Noshtush Kenjige
• Saurabh Netravalkar
• Shadley van Schalkwyk
• Steven Taylor
• Shayan Jahangir
• Gajanand Singh (reserve)
• Juanoy Drysdale (reserve)
• Yasir Mohammad (reserve)

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What to know about cricket 

Cricket is the second most-viewed sport in the world after soccer — India star Virat Kohli has 268 million Instagram followers — but it is only played by more than 200,000 Americans nationwide across more than 400 local leagues, according to USA Cricket, which oversees the men’s national cricket team.

Major League Cricket launched last year in the U.S. with six professional T20 teams, including a New York franchise that, for now, plays some games at a Dallas-area stadium also hosting World Cup matches.

The Associated Press wire services helped contribute to this report.