Leading Online Desk : T20 World Cup : As the T20 World Cup begins, a big news has come out. The Nassau County Stadium in New York, which will witness the historic match between India and Pakistan on June 9, will be demolished. A total of 8 matches were played at this stadium. The last match was played on June 12. In which India defeated America. Now this stadium will be demolished on June 14. Its preparation has started.
The T20 World Cup is jointly organized by West Indies and America. With an aim to spread cricket around the world, the ICC handed over the T20 World Cup co-hosting title to the US. Through this, the biggest tournament of ICC is being played in America for the first time. Meanwhile, a temporary stadium was built in New York only for the T20 World Cup matches. which became known as Nassau County Stadium.
Teams batting first won three out of eight matches on this ground, while teams chasing the target won five matches. This ground was lucky for India. The Indian team played all their group matches in this stadium. Rohit Sene won all these three matches. On June 12, Team India secured their place in the Super-8 by defeating America by 7 wickets. After this match, the work of demolishing this stadium has started.
News agency ANI shared a video on its X account showing a bulldozer near the scene of the incident. This means that this stadium built for the T20 World Cup will be demolished soon.
248 crores spent on building the ground
According to reports, Nassau County Stadium was a modular stadium. As much as 248 crore rupees were spent to build it. It took 106 days to build the stadium. It started in September 2023. The total seating capacity of the stadium was 34000. Now this stadium is going to be demolished in just 6 weeks.
Use of drop in pitches in stadiums
A drop in pitch was used at the Nassau Cricket Stadium. This pitch was ordered from Adelaide. The highest score on this pitch is 137. After the stadium is demolished, the pitch will be preserved at Eisenhower Park. Players of local cricket clubs will be able to benefit from this pitch.
#WATCH | Nassau County, New York (USA): Bulldozers placed at the Nassau Cricket Stadium as the temporary stadium is set to be dismantled from tomorrow.
The T20 World Cup match between India and the US yesterday was played here. pic.twitter.com/iYsgaEOWlP
— ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2024
Controversy over the stadium pitch
New York's Nassau County Stadium has been embroiled in controversy during the 2024 T20 World Cup. This stadium was built in 106 days. Perhaps that is why the pitch has uneven bounce and more help to the bowlers. Everyone was surprised by the nature of the pitch and even the ICC agreed. All the matches played in this stadium were enjoyed by the fans. Low scoring matches saw high voltage drama. India-Pakistan match also happened like this. Team India scored only 119 runs while batting first, but Pakistan could not chase down the target and lost the match by 6 runs.