In the United States, they are used to seeing the ball fly into the stands as baseball stars like Aaron Judge hit home runs at an extraordinary rate.
But in the coming weeks, cultured sports fans will also see equally powerful sluggers hitting sixes over the boundaries with the likes of Indian superstar Virat Kohli and Australia dynamo Travis Head takes their excellent skills to the crease rather than home plate as cricket's T20 World Cup is held in America and the Caribbean.
Texas, Florida And New York will organize matches, where India will play Pakistan on Long Island a week on Sunday, while the Yankees take on the Dodgers in the Bronx and the Philadelphia Phillies play a two-game series with the New York Mets at London Stadium.
Cricket conditions in the United States and the West Indies are likely to favor spin and that is an incredible bonus for India, who are still reeling from their shock defeat to Australia in front of 125,000 partisan fans in Ahmedabad in last year's World Cup final years in the 50-over format.
They have opted for a high-spin bowling line-up, with Jasprit Bumrah providing top speed and their deep batting is led by Kohli – the top scorer in this year's IPL – captain Rohit Sharma, exciting young talent Yashasvi Jaiswal and the reliable Suryakumar Yadav.
So impressive is India's strength in depth that top players Shubman Gill and Rinku Singh are being reduced to traveling reserves rather than being part of the squad and they are worthy favorites at 5/2 with Paddy Power and Betfair.
England, who flopped in last year's 50-over tournament, will miss Ben Stokes' unique ability with bat and ball and despite welcoming the return of Jofra Archer, they appear a little short of what it takes to make it to the second times to win after their success in 2021.
Australia and South Africa also expect to reach at least the semi-finals but do not look as strong as New Zealand, who consistently punch above their weight. The Black Caps have an each-way value of 11/1 at Unibet.
Head recently scored 533 runs in 11 IPL matches, just nine behind top scorer Kohli, and is worth being the leading batsman of the T20 World Cup at 12/1 with Sky Bet, who are offering 10/1, he is batting the most sixes while Bumrah is 8/1 with Paddy Power and Betfair to take the most wickets.
Meanwhile, Surrey are at 7/1 with Ladbrokes and Coral to win the Vitality T20 Bash, which also starts this weekend.
• Derby favorites City of Troy will be beaten by a stablemate named after the City of Angels, with Aidan O'Brien's Los Angeles looking to enjoy a soft start to win Saturday's Epsom Classic at 4/1 with Ladbrokes and Coral . The Irish trainer's Opera Singer won the Criterium by clearing the field at Longchamp in October and can handle the step up to a mile and a half in the Oaks at the Surrey Downs, while her father Justify won the Belmont. the extended journey. She's worth following either way at 33/1 at the same two firms.
• Rory McIlroy successfully defended his Wells Fargo title at Quail Hollow earlier this month and can win the Canadian Open this week, returning to Hamilton Golf and Country Club for the first time since the Irish golfer topped the Sunday leaderboard five years ago. He is at 4/1 with bet365, while Shane Lowry, who recently won the Zurich Classic with Big Mac before achieving a creditable T6 at the US PGA, is worth a dime with the same company at 20/1. Canadian Nick Taylor sank a putt from over 70 feet to win the play-off with Tommy Fleetwood twelve months ago. The defending champion, who won the Phoenix Open in February, is 40/1 with bet365. Rookie Mac Meissner, who qualified for the US PGA before finishing T5 in last week's Charles Schwab Challenge, can build on his momentum and is our final e/w with bet365 at 60/1.
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