New York Times Full-Page Ad Featuring Statue Of Liberty With Cricket Bat Goes Viral Amid T20 World Cup 2024

The ninth edition of the mega T20 World Cup 2024 event is going on in the USA and Caribbean Islands. This is the first time for the United States to be hosting a cricket World Cup and it looks like they want to leave no stone unturned in its advertisement.

The New York Times, one of the biggest daily newspapers in the country, featured an ad displaying the iconic Statue of Liberty holding a cricket bat to attract the attention of the locals for the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.

“Cricket Has Arrived.” and “Come say hi” are the words that were featured in a full-page advertisement for the T20 World Cup 2024 in the New York Times on June 2. The ad, depicting the Statue of Liberty holding a cricket bat, aimed to catch the attention of Americans and raise awareness about the prestigious T20 cricket event, which, for the first time in history, the USA is co-hosting alongside the West Indies.

T20 World Cup FULL PAGE AD in New York Times. 🇺🇲

The Statue of Liberty torch replaced with a cricket bat. 🔥👌

🏏 CRICKET IN USA IS ON. pic.twitter.com/hzpHKXpzOX

— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) June 3, 2024

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In the T20 World Cup 2024, the USA will host 16 out of the 55 matches. Among these, Dallas and Florida will each host four (Dallas has already hosted one out of four) matches, while New York will host 8 matches, including the most anticipated India vs Pakistan clash on June 9.