The USA Cricket (USAC) on Wednesday asserted that the T20 World Cup 2024 is not going to be taken away from them as a consequence of issues round lack of correct cricketing infrastructure within the nation, saying a profitable conduct of the Major League Cricket (MLC) will take away all of the doubts. It has been reported that the International Cricket Council (ICC) would possibly shift the premier event, scheduled to be hosted collectively by the USA and the West Indies, to England subsequent yr.

However, a USAC official mentioned they haven’t heard something from the worldwide governing physique concerning the shifting of venue.

“We haven’t had any discussions with the ICC in this regard. We are putting our best foot forward in preparing necessary infrastructure for the T20 World Cup, which is an year away,” a USA Cricket administrator advised PTI. “Concerns about makeshift venues etc are natural because the US does not host cricketing events regularly but we have the Major League Cricket coming up and a successful hosting of the T20 tournament will ward off a lot of concerns,” the official added.

The inaugural Major League Cricket T20 will start on July 13 and conclude on July 30. There shall be six groups within the fray and the matches shall be performed on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas.

In reality, a number of main cricket stars comparable to England’s Jason Roy, Australia’s Adam Zampa, Matthew Wade, Marcus Stoinis and Moises Henriques have signed for the MLC T20.

“We are ready for staging the MLC T20, and some frontline cricketers from across the world are participating in the tournament and that will go a long way in establishing our credentials as a big-ticket event host.

“We even have a style of internet hosting high-profile cricketing occasions at Lauderhill (Florida) involving India and West Indies, and now we all know what to anticipate when prime groups are competing when it comes to infrastructure and different amenities,” the administrator added. In fact, the ICC too played down the possibility of any such move to shift the T20 World Cup venue from the West Indies and the USA.

“There has been no dialogue on any ICC discussion board on shifting the T20 World Cup 2024 from the West Indies and the USA,” an ICC Board member told PTI in response to recent reports.

“It (the event) will go forward and an announcement on the venues shall be made shortly,” said the official.

The India cricket team has played a few of its international matches at the Central Broward Park in Lauderhill, Florida against the West Indies.

Oakland, Florida and Los Angeles are some of the cities that have been recced by the ICC Venue inspection team as prospective centres for the event. It is understood that ICC event’s biggest box office fixture — India versus Pakistan — is likely to be held in the USA and not the West Indies, keeping in mind the crowd support for both teams.