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Fort Lauderdale to host two India vs. West Indies cricket matches this weekend
Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:27 am
Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:27 am
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For the last decade, and probably longer, administrators in the United States of America have sung a familiar refrain to validate the country's latent market potential, one that almost always traces back to every host nation's most desirable suitor: "If India showed up and played team X here, it would be a sell-out."
This weekend is an opportunity to test that hypothesis. In a historic maiden official visit to American shores, India take on World T20 champions West Indies in two Twenty20 Internationals at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida.
The BCCI's online marketing machine has been on overdrive in the build-up to the weekend. #TeamIndiaInUSA has been used to generate online buzz from several high-profile athletes. Among them are New York Mets All-Star pitcher Noah Syndergaard, Demaryius Thomas, wide receiver of Denver Broncos, the Pro-Bowl Super Bowl champion, and a host of UFC fighting superstars.
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While this is not the first time international cricket is being played in America, India v West Indies - two regions with large expat population there - is way bigger than New Zealand playing Sri Lanka or West Indies.
Cricket economy mostly runs around India. So when India go to America with all their delegates, when they sell the TV rights, when they sell the trophy rights, it becomes a big experiment for the future of cricket. This could even be a test run for a second IPL, a mini version, in America going forward; CPL has already had a stint in America that can't be termed unsuccessful.
While these two matches are huge for the cricket economy and its globalisation - in terms of staging and not participation - the cricket carries more subtext than your usual bilateral Twenty20 internationals.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:47 am to stendulkar
The weather won't be great this weekend.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 10:25 am to stendulkar
I'll put the O/U on the total number of white people that show up at 7.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 10:40 am to ohiovol
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I'll put the O/U on the total number of white people that show up at 7.
I watched some of the CPL matches from Fort Lauderdale on One World Sports. There were more than seven white folks there. I'll take the over.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 1:18 pm to stendulkar
For their sake, I hope the matches are early in the weekend since they can go on for a long time. The weather will be going downhill by Saturday night/Sunday.
I wonder why they scheduled this in South Florida during the heart of hurricane season.
I wonder why they scheduled this in South Florida during the heart of hurricane season.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 2:40 pm to stendulkar
do they have a big asian population there ?
Posted on 8/26/16 at 3:02 pm to Space Marine
There is a large Caribbean population in South Florida. The CPL (a Twenty20 tournament featuring teams from Caribbean countries) held some of its matches at this venue.
Posted on 8/26/16 at 4:07 pm to Quidam65
indian people like cricket
Posted on 8/26/16 at 4:21 pm to stendulkar
Will she be in attendance? If not not, then not interested:
Posted on 8/27/16 at 9:59 am to stendulkar
If you want to wathc the game online it is being live streamed here: www.crictime.com
Posted on 8/27/16 at 5:44 pm to Space Marine
South Florida has a huge carribean population (West Indies) and a region of 6M+ will have enough Indians to have a sizable presence at a cricket match. Indians are fricking everywhere.
This post was edited on 8/27/16 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 8/28/16 at 12:00 am to RedRifle
India came agonizingly close to winning the match and lost the match on the last ball of the match. They needed 8 runs of the last 6 balls and 2 runs of the last ball to win, but the batsman (India captain) got out instead. So India lost by 1 run in a match in which 489 runs were scored.
It was a great match for the spectators though between two very good teams. West Indies batted first and scored a mammoth 245 runs in 120 balls (par score in this format of the game is between 140-160). India managed 244 in their chase and came up just short.
Match Report and Highlights
It was a great match for the spectators though between two very good teams. West Indies batted first and scored a mammoth 245 runs in 120 balls (par score in this format of the game is between 140-160). India managed 244 in their chase and came up just short.
Match Report and Highlights
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