Virat Kohli said that he never thought that he’ll be playing a game of cricket in the United States, acknowledging the T20 World Cup happening there shows how far the sports has grown.
“Honestly I never thought we would be playing cricket in any form in the states (USA), but now it’s a reality. That tells you about the growing impact of the sport in the world and the United States is more than willing to accept the change and be probably the first ones on a global scale to accept it, in a way, with the World Cup” Kohli said in a video shared by US Consulate Mumbai on X (formerly Twitter).
“It’s a great start. It’s the ideal way to begin and it’s going to have a huge impact. In starting off, a kind of a domino effect and I hope it carries on for a long period of time,” he added.
He also played up the impact that the people from South Asian region residing in the Americas can have in order to take the sport forward.
“We have enough people from our regions to keep the game up and alive in the States and make the others more aware about what it feels like to play and watch cricket. It’s got great potential, with the MLC (Major League Cricket) as well. There is already franchise cricket happening there. It’s moving in the right direction,” said Kohli.
New York, Texas and Florida will stage 16 matches in the USA. New York will host eight of these matches including the marquee India-Pakistan clash.
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