"I don't think it's great selling product": Klaasen remarks on New York's track

If the International Cricket Council wants to promote T20 cricket in the Americas the Nassau County Cricket Ground is not a great selling point feels South Africas Heinrich KlaasenThe new dropin pitch at the ground located in the Long Islands has been dualpaced with uneven bounce making batting very difficult The two cricketing giants India and South Africa are the two teams to successfully defend the totals of 119 and 113 respectively on the New York trackObviously if you have to showcase it to the world and sell it I dont think its a great selling product but for cricket its tight competition It brings the other teams and the higher teams very close to each other Heinrich Klaasen who scored 46 off 44 balls in the teams fourrun win said at the postmatch press conferenceThe Proteas batsman said the star batsmen from all teams would just like to get out of New York and the bowlers would love to stay forever The International Cricket Council has acknowledged the pitches and has not played as it was desiredAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 Axar Patel opens up on his crucial partnership with Rishabh Pant vs PAKI think all the batters are keen to get out of this place to be fair The bowlers would love to stay here but no weve done our job that was the goal to win three out of three here Obviously it was a little bit harder than what we thought he saidFor us its very nervewracking because every game becomes a really big game Theres no easy games for us especially in our group So its still good entertaining cricket Everyone is on the edge of their seats and any team can beat any team on the down this on this fieldKlaasen was a part of the inaugural edition of Major League Cricket last year and when asked if he has enjoyed this ICC project of trying to market cricket in a new city with a temporary stadium his answer was a mixed one Yes and No he said before elaborately explaining his takeI played in Dallas and in North Carolina where I think theres a little bit more cricket there The wickets pitches are better so its easier to sell cricket in that aspect he saidIts fantastic what theyve done with the stadium here and I think as the wicket matures but obviously I think theyre taking it out in two three days time so that doesnt help Klaasen explainedThe more the wicket matures the better these conditions will get and I think it will be a better showcase for the people This wicket is I think four months old so theres a lot of maturity that needs to go into the wicket that will produce bigger scoresIn the concluded IPL 2024 Heinrich Klaasen was an integral part of Sunrisers Hyderabads batting lineup and the inclusion of the Impact Player rule have seen him smashing sixes all around the ground Following his performances in the IPL the batter said that one month is ancient history nowYeah its a big change you see scores there well it was a month and a half ago we were part of a score thats 270 260 so its well off but its part of the gameIt doesnt look like the Caribbean wickets are too much better So we have to play smart cricket and use our cricket brain a little bit moreHe feels that once the Super Eight starts in the T20 World Cup 2024 the scored will be near to 160 plus Out of us all the thing on stats that are out of 18 games its only been one score above 200 So normally in the Caribbean its about 160 as par If you get to 160170 youre in a good shot and you have to bowl wellSo I reckon thats normally the good scores there or power scores Depending where you play the wickets are very different around the CaribbeanWith PTI Inputs