New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): With the T20 Males’s World Cup making it to the highest Google Traits 2024, Worldwide Cricket Council Chairman Jay Shah has stated that amplifying the game of cricket to extra individuals across the globe is among the fundamental priorities for the ICC members.
India ended a 13-year ICC World Cup trophy drought by defeating South Africa by seven runs within the T20WC Remaining on June 29. The match was co-hosted by america and West Indies.
“Amplifying the game of cricket to extra individuals across the globe is among the fundamental priorities for the ICC members and I, so it is encouraging to see proof of how a lot curiosity there was globally within the @ICC @T20WorldCup this yr. TopGoogleTrends2024,” Jay Shah stated in a put up on X.
He hooked up a photograph of the 2 groups which performed the ultimate and a screenshot of Google high developments.
Virat was the participant of the match within the T20 Males’s World Cup last for his precious knock of 76.
Bumrah, who received 15 scalps all through the match at a shocking economic system fee of 4.17, received the ‘Participant of the Match’ honours.
ICC Males’s T20 World Cup within the USA and West Indies noticed unimaginable fan engagement throughout the occasion and a whole lot of curiosity in cricket.
Followers within the USA turned out in massive numbers for the primary a part of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, which was held within the nation. Round 1,90,000 followers attended matches in america that captivated the nation and set the stage for cricket’s continued progress in North America.
Grand Prairie in Texas noticed enthusiastic assist with an attendance of over 22,000 throughout the 4 matches, highlighted by an enormous turnout from Nepal followers and never forgetting US followers who witnessed the historic upset of Pakistan by the USA, ICC had stated in a launch.
Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium in New York, the most important venue within the World Cup, lived-up to its billing by internet hosting the most important crowd in USA historical past for worldwide cricket when India performed Pakistan (34,028), and closed its run with a real celebration of cricket between India and USA (31,722). In complete, nearly 165,000 individuals attended World Cup video games in New York.
The US leg of the occasion concluded in Broward County, Florida the place Pakistan performed Eire in entrance of over 4,000 enthusiastic followers, lots of whom had endured a number of days of unprecedented rainfall, and the ensuing three washouts.
Tens of hundreds extra followers attended fan parks at Cedar Creek in Nassau County, Citi Area and the World Commerce Heart in NYC, Epic Central in Grand Prairie and Fisher Pavilion in Seattle, whereas unofficial watch events have been seen across the nation.
Followers throughout the USA additionally engaged digitally with the World Cup with improbable numbers recorded throughout the ICC’s platforms. There have been 2.7 million USA-based customers recorded visiting the ICC web site and App, which was up 370 per cent from the quantity recorded for the complete ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2022, of these viewers 52 per cent have been new followers coming to the ICC platforms.
The time spent on the ICC web site and App doubled for these recorded in 2022 and 71 per cent of the customers have been coming from natural search showcasing the elevated curiosity within the sport.
The fan zones have been a enjoyable place to introduce new followers to cricket by means of interactive cricket-themed video games, immersive stadium experiences and rather more. (ANI)
