History-making cricket league aims to bring world's second
most popular sport to wider U.S. audiences
NEW
YORK, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- American
Premier League (APL) (www.AmericanPremierLeague.us) the largest
independent cricket league in the United
States, announced its latest tournament with an all-star
event at the Knickerbocker Hotel (6 Times Square at Broadway &
42nd Street) on Wednesday, October 11
from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. This launch event was attended by
international cricket superstars including Chris Gayle (West Indies), Fawad Alam (Pakistan), Samit
Patel (England),
Ravi Bopara (England), Navneet
Dhaliwal (Canada), and
others. They mingled with fans in the heart of the Iconic Times
Square and gave away American Premier League branded cricket balls,
T-shirts and bats to hundreds of fans who lined up in long queues
in the first of a kind promotion of cricket to the general public
in Times Square as the American Premier League 2023 season Teaser
played on multiple gigantic digital billboards in the backdrop.
APL founder and CEO Jay Mir has
turned his passion for cricket into a historic effort to bring the
sport to the wider U.S. sports fan base. Officially sanctioned by
the International Cricket Council, American Premiere League made
history in 2021 with its inaugural tournament held at Yogi Berra
Stadium in Little Falls, New
Jersey. That tournament provided an unprecedented amount of
prize money for a cricket event to the winning team and standout
players, the MVP of which received a brand-new Chevrolet Corvette.
This year's tournament promises to up the ante with greater prize
money and an expanded roster featuring some of the biggest names in
the sport who will play alongside talented cricketers from across
the U.S. According to former ICC Media Manager Lara Richards America is a new hotspot in the
Cricket world and we at Marron Media are very excited to be
Associated with APL.
Each exciting game will take place at Moosa Stadium just outside
Houston, Texas from December 19 through 31 with over 40 international
Stars and will be live broadcasted on TV & OTT platform in
India, Australia, USA, Canada,
UK, Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Caribbean and Mena
countries with multiple cameras for an exciting experience whether
you're watching in the stadium or at home.
MEDIA CONTACT
Richard | 366912@email4pr.com | 914.340.1127
For more information, please
visit www.AmericanPremierLeague.us
Facebook: @AmericanPremiereLeague
Twitter: @APLcricketUSA
Instagram: @APLcricketUSA
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