No play has been attainable at Noida Stadium for two days© X (Twitter)
The Afghanistan vs New Zealand one-off Check has made headlines and not using a single ball being bowled. For 2 days, no play has been attainable on the Better Noida Stadium on account of unfit enjoying situations. Rain on the venue hasn’t been incessant, poor drainage services have harm the stadium’s potential to get the match began. Even supposing the Solar was out for essentially the most a part of Day 2, even toss could not be held because the groundsmen did not dry the moist patches on the sphere. Whereas there are solutions that the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) might’ve chosen a unique venue, a board official has claimed that Noida stadium was the one choice that they had.
On the situation of anonymity, an ACB official claimed that the services on the Noida stadium have not modified for years. The truth is, at current, stadiums in Afghanistan provide higher companies compared to the Better Noida venue.
“You will not consider me however the stadia in Afghanistan have higher services than this one. We’ve got improved our infrastructure previously few years however right here as Shahidi has talked about nothing has modified,” the ACB official had informed The Indian Categorical earlier than the Check was to start.
The official additional claimed that the ACB needed to host the match towards New Zealand at both Lucknow or Dehradun. However, its request was turned down by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), leaving no choice however to decide on Better Noida because the venue.
“Our first alternative was the Lucknow stadium and the second was Dehradun. Our requests have been rejected by the BCCI and we have been informed that each the states are internet hosting their respective T20 leagues. This was the one floor out there and we had no different alternative left,” the official stated.
As issues stand, Afghanistan can be lucky to even handle to host three full days of cricket on the venue towards New Zealand. With some showers nonetheless anticipated in Better Noida, the fixture appears to be heading for an entire catastrophe.
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