Photos: India vs Pakistan brings the biggest cricket party to the US
Al Jazeera
India and Pakistan cricket fans gathered in New York in their thousands for the ICC T20 World Cup clash between the two nations, bringing a flavour of the subcontinent to unfamiliar terrain for the sport.
The 34,000-seat temporary Nassau County International Cricket Stadium built in Eisenhower Park, in East Meadow on Long Island, was a sellout with fans travelling from far and wide for the game on Sunday.
The USA is co-hosting the T20 World Cup with the West Indies with Lauderhill in South Florida and Dallas, also hosting games.
This fixture is the marquee game of the group stage of the competition bringing the two rivals face to face in a game which resonates well beyond cricket.
Political tensions and security concerns mean that the two rarely meet outside of major competitions but there was no hint of such issues among the fans, who were in a festive mood despite the rain which caused a delay to the start.
