After the crushing 6-run defeat at the hands of India in the 19th match of the T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan’s path to the Super-8 has become difficult. Pakistan has lost two matches in a row in Group-A. It is in danger of being eliminated from this mega event. However, Pakistan can reach the Super-8, but it will have to depend on India.
‘Nizam of nature’ has not yet come for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2024. The Babar Azam-led team is on the verge of elimination after losing two consecutive matches in its Group-A. After a shocking defeat to co-hosts USA, Pakistan lost to India in a thrilling low-scoring match in New York.
Pakistan has two matches left
Pakistan will have to depend heavily on the Indian team to make it to the Super-8. The top two teams of each group will get a place in the Super-8. Pakistan’s account is not yet open. It has only two matches left. India is in first place and USA is in second place, so it will be a big challenge for Pakistan to make it to the Super-8. Let’s know how Pakistan can get a place in the Super-8.
Pakistan will have this expectation from India
Pakistan will have to win both their last matches of the tournament. At present their NRR is -0.15. If Team India defeats co-host USA in the match between India and America, then USA’s net run rate will fall. Pakistan will also have to hope that America loses to Ireland. If Pakistan wins both the matches and America loses both the matches, then Pakistan can make it to the Super-8 on the basis of net run.
‘We heard two voices,’ Delhi Police’s tweet on PAK’s defeat in T20 World Cup 2024 goes viral, expressed this apprehension by tagging NYPD
After the match, a tweet by Delhi Police went viral on social media. In this tweet, Delhi Police wrote that they heard two loud voices after Pakistan’s defeat. Along with this, they also expressed a special kind of apprehension by tagging New York Police.
Hey, @NYPDnews
We heard two loud noises. One is “Indiaaa..India!”, and another is probably of broken televisions. Can you please confirm?#INDvsPAK#INDvPAK#T20WorldCup
— Delhi Police (@DelhiPolice) June 9, 2024
Tagged New York Police “Delhi jokingly tagged the New York Police Department (NYPD), Delhi Police wrote, after the match ended, they heard only two voices, one ‘India…India!’ and the other probably of a broken television. Can you confirm?”
Congratulations to Team India
This was not the first tweet of Delhi Police related to the match between India and Pakistan. Before the match, X had taken the help of X to wish Team India. Tagging the New York Police, he wrote, ‘Dear NYPD, I want to inform you that an interesting, enjoyable match is expected at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. Best wishes to Team India.’
Money flowed like water in IND vs PAK match, Americans were surprised to see the love for cricket
America had never seen such a big cricket fair before.. Seeing the crowd of Indian fans walking in blue jerseys with the tricolor in their hands in the middle of the rain and the spectators of Pakistani origin coming out in the middle, people of other countries were wondering what is happening? The New York Police and other security personnel were saying that they have rarely seen such a huge crowd in a single match before.
Spectators remained glued to the ground
The International Cricket Council spent about Rs 250 crore to build this temporary stadium in a part of Eisenhower Park in Nassau County, New York and in the land of baseball-basketball, fans from India and a little bit of Pakistan filled this stadium with a capacity of 34000 spectators. It rained several times before the match started and even after the toss but the spectators remained glued to the ground. Seeing the will to live of these spectators, even the Sun God came out later.
Fans were smiling even in pain
Fans have reached this stadium, which is 54 kilometers away from Manhattan, New York, by driving from Dallas, Washington and Los Angeles. Not only this, many Indian fans from Toronto, Canada also reached here by road to watch the match. Apart from India, many people from Pakistan, Australia and England were waving the tricolor on the road and ground like crazy. A few years ago in 2010, when the then President Barack Obama came here, similar security arrangements were made for this match as well. Due to this, many roads were closed, a lot of checking was done due to which the fans had to face some trouble but they overcame it with a smile.
Bought a ticket for $2500
Rajesh, who came here from Dallas just to watch the match, said that I am from Delhi and am a software engineer here. The day the match was scheduled here, I thought that I will definitely watch this match, but initially I could not get a ticket. Later I bought a ticket for $2500 in resale. Hyderabad resident Shan, who came here from Toronto, said that I have reached here with my friend Akila after driving for several hours. Now the Indian team’s cricket match does not take place in Canada, I got the opportunity to see it in America, so how could I miss it.
Imran Khan’s banner was seen
However, during this time a small plane was also seen waving the advertisement banner of Imran Khan (Pakistan) released in the sky. Here you can advertise yourself by renting a small plane, but some people use it to give political messages in these big matches. Something similar happened during the Afghanistan-Pakistan match in Leeds in the 2019 World Cup in England.
A lot of money was spent on advertising
It is not that this match had an impact only on the fans. Global companies also spent a lot of money on advertising for this match. During this match, a 10-second advertising slot was sold for an average of $48,000 (about Rs 40 lakh). According to a report, N Santosh, managing partner of D&P Advisory, which provides sports evaluation services, said that India-Pakistan matches are always premium. In such a situation, the demand for advertising during it is always high. A 10-second advertisement in this match has brought an average of about Rs 40 lakh.
These are the tournament sponsors
Multinational companies like Emirates Group, Saudi Aramco and Coca-Cola Company were among the companies sponsoring this month-long tournament. The matches have also been scheduled to coincide with peak viewership hours in South Asian countries. That is, it was started at 10.30 am in the US so that it could start at 8 pm in India. During the Cricket World Cup held in India last year, the price of a 10-second slot was estimated to be Rs 30 lakh.
