[ptrikha21]

In a see-saw battle between India and South Africa for the Cricket T 20 World Cup International Championship match, India won the match by a narrow margin of 7 runs.
It is the first time India won the T 20 World Cup after 17 years !
South Africa missed out on a big chance after coming so close.
Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma announced their retirement from T 20 Internationals.
A big time for Indian fans to celebrate in a big way !



News Link :

https://www.reuters.com/sports/cricket/ ... 024-06-29/

[Vehlijanta]

It was so comforting to see India going over the line in a tense t20 final and a great farewell for Dravid, Kohli, Rohit and Jaddu

[cmoneyspinner]

Cricket seems like a fun game. But I've never gotten into it since it's not popular in America.

[JASPREET]

The World cup was partially played in the US just to make people in US aware of it

[ptrikha21]

It was so comforting to see India going over the line in a tense t20 final and a great farewell for Dravid, Kohli, Rohit and Jaddu

The feeling of the win has still not sunk in. The celebrations and the welcome in Mumbai enroute Wankhede Stadium was so huge! It was unimaginable.
And yes the Indian team will miss Kohli, Rohit and Jaddu in T 20s.
I feel that Dravid could have stayed longer with the Indian Team but anyways he and the BCCI would have their reasons.

--- 06 Jul 2024, 14:04 ---

Cricket seems like a fun game. But I've never gotten into it since it's not popular in America.

The interesting part is that this T 20 World Cup was played in West Indies and in US as well - Nassau in NY City, Florida (St. Lauderdale ) and in Dallas, Texas.
The US team beat Canada and Pakistan (yes, a big upset) to qualify for the next round.

Also, Cricket would be a game in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, so yes it is catching up in US also.

--- 06 Jul 2024, 14:05 ---

The World cup was partially played in the US just to make people in US aware of it

Yes and it is catching up there especially after a good show put up by the US team.

[cmoneyspinner]

The interesting part is that this T 20 World Cup was played in West Indies and in US as well - Nassau in NY City, Florida (St. Lauderdale ) and in Dallas, Texas.
The US team beat Canada and Pakistan (yes, a big upset) to qualify for the next round.

Also, Cricket would be a game in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, so yes it is catching up in US also.

Since they are playing games in the USA that's an indicator that cricket might become popular. I remember when soccer wasn't that popular in USA. But now it is.

[ptrikha21]

The interesting part is that this T 20 World Cup was played in West Indies and in US as well - .....p in US also.

Since they are playing games in the USA that's an indicator that cricket might become popular. I remember when soccer wasn't that popular in USA. But now it is.

Yes it would definitely gain in popularity. A couple of US team wins helped the cause.
Going forward, we might see more Corporate and Media interest as well.

[Vehlijanta]

It's over now and now the wait is for champions Trophy, World Test championship and of course ODI Cricket world Cup in coming 3 years and indian team will witness so many changes

[Treborika]

I too back for lndia. It's very good at cricket for sure.

[cmoneyspinner]

I became curious about this sport and evidently, in America, we did play the game in the 1800s.
Archived references to cricket played in America date from 1709.

Who knew?