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T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit, Babar feature in light show at Rockfeller Centre Building
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The buzz is slowly but surely building in the United States in the lead-up to T20 World Cup 2024. On Saturday, hours ahead of the opening match between the USA and Canada, the iconic Rockefeller Center in New York was host to a light projection show. A giant projection of all 20 captains, including Rohit Sharma, lit up the landmark building in New York, enthralling the people who gathered around it to catch a glimpse of the light show.
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Unlike other major cricket tournaments, the captains were not physically present at a venue for a customary pre-tournament photoshoot and media address for the T20 World Cup. However, with the help of technology, the International Cricket Council made sure it made heads turn with the light projection show at one of the most popular centers in the city.
People were seen gathering around the Rockefeller Center and captured the iconic light show with their mobile phone cameras. Each of the captains from the four groups was featured above the busy streets of Manhattan on the facade of 30 Rockefeller, a 70-floor building.
Rohit Sharma and Bangladesh captain Najmul Shanto will kick off the carnival in New York when their teams meet in a warm-up fixture on June 1. Ahead of the NBA Finals Series, Rohit and Najmul picked up the famous Larry O’Brien Trophy as part of a collaboration with the league. Both captains were getting their first look at the 34,000-seat Nassau County International Stadium.
The USA will co-host a tournament of the magnitude of the T20 World Cup for the first time. As many as 16 matches will be played across three venues in the United States — Lauderhill in Florida, New York and Dallas. Dallas’s Grand Prairie Stadium and Lauderhill’s Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground will host four matches each while the newly-built Nassau County Cricket Ground in New York will host eight matches, including the marquee Group A contest between India and Pakistan.
The Caribbean Islands will host the remaining 39 matches across six venues.
For the first time in the history of the T20 World Cup, the ninth edition of the tournament will feature 20 teams. Unlike 2022 when there was a preliminary round to filter the event down to 12 teams, all 20 teams will feature in the group stage of the World Cup in 2024.
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