- By Namrata Vijay
- Thu, 13 Jun 2024 03:45 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
T20 World Cup 2024: The cricket fans have requested the ICC to move the venues of the ongoing tournament from Florida as threats of ‘flash floods’ loom large over the US city. The demands came after South Florida witnessed incessant rains on Wednesday leaving a lot of roads water-logged. Images and videos of the city being water-logged went viral on social media. Amidst incessant rains and flood warnings, cricket fans have requested the ICC to move all the matches being scheduled in Florida to either New York or Dallas.
Here are the images and video of Florida's floods which went viral on social media:
Apparently a state of emergency has been declared in some parts of Florida. Can't ICC shift venue? pic.twitter.com/ISu8bH5QuQ
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) June 13, 2024
Even Naseem Shah was forced to delete this story. Dear @ICC if you are real promoters of the game, then instead of wasting the next 3 games in Florida, do shift them to New York or Dallas.There would be no logistic issues as well,and you have ample time to make necc arrangements pic.twitter.com/mu4UbSQTks
— Hassan Abbasian (@HassanAbbasian) June 12, 2024
Won’t be too much cricket in Florida this week …
— Larry Leprechaun (@LarryLeprechau) June 11, 2024
… goodbyes in advance to @OfficialSLC @TheRealPCB & @cricketireland
Knowing that there is rain coming why doesn’t the @icc either move games to other venues or schedule rest days??#ThanksICC pic.twitter.com/CmyR55jYM0
ayo @ICC might wanna move the Florida games across the border, the sun is shining bright here. Florida games getting rained out will dampen your virtually nonexistent efforts to grow the game in North America.
— Cani (@caniyaar) June 12, 2024
🇺🇸 🇨🇦#DoTheRightThing
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Three matches are supposed to be held at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida, from June 14-16. Of the three, two matches will affect USA and Pakistan’s chances of qualifying for the Super 8. The Monank Patel-led side will lock horns with Ireland on Friday and will qualify for Super 8 if they win this match. Even if the match is abandoned, the USA will qualify for the Super 8 stage as they would have five points under their kitty after playing in four matches.
On the other hand, if the match between Pakistan and Ireland is washed out, then their chances of qualifying for the next stage would be all but over as they are lying in the third position in the points table after winning just one match and with two points in their kitty. Pakistan would hope that Ireland would beat the USA in their last group stage match to strengthen their chances of reaching the next round.
Rain could spoil Pakistan’s party
If Ireland does beat the USA, then the Babar Azam-led side will also have to beat the Irishmen on Sunday, June 16. They would hope that their last group stage match isn’t abandoned as they would be knocked out of the tournament. The Babar Azam-led side suffered a humiliating defeat to co-hosts USA in the Super over.
In their match against arch-nemesis India, they couldn’t chase the below-par target of 120 runs and lost the match by six runs. Thus, bad weather will ruin the hype around the mega-event and will become a huge obstacle in ICC’s bid to promote the sport in the USA.