t20 world cup 2024 organise West Indies And America It was jointly hosted by ICC and ICC Cricket World Cup. This was the first time that ICC Cricket World Cup matches were played in America with the aim of promoting cricket in this country. However, this has proved to be the opposite of the plan. Yes, you read it right, organizing the T20 World Cup in America has proved costly for the ICC. The international cricket body has suffered huge losses due to this.

According to a report by the Times of India, the ICC has suffered a loss of crores from the matches played in the US for the World Cup 2024. It is being told that the cricket body has suffered a loss of about Rs 160 crore. This is the reason why news of two ICC members resigning from their posts also came to the fore. It is reported that the issue of losses in the World Cup is also going to be discussed in the ICC's annual meeting to be held between 19-22 July in Sri Lanka.

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The match was played in America itself

Let us tell you that the first match of the World Cup was played in America itself. In the opening match of the tournament, the host American team faced Canada It started from 1993. Even a temporary cricket stadium was built away from New York City to further promote cricket in America. It was built within just 6 months Nassau International Cricket Stadium In 2015, India played three league stage matches in which Pakistan The match against New York was also included. However, the pitch here proved to be very lethal for batting. The situation has been such that all the matches played here were low scoring which made a lot of headlines. Former cricketers had criticized the New York pitch a lot.

However, the league stage matches of the World Cup were played in America. All the matches from Super-8 to the final were hosted by West Indies. The Indian team reached the final of the tournament South Africa India defeated Pakistan and became the world champion. With this, India won the T20 World Cup title for the second time while the drought of ICC title ended after 11 years.

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