No play has actually been feasible at Noida Stadium for 2 days © X (Twitter)
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The Afghanistan vs New Zealand one-off Test has actually made headings without a solitary sphere being bowled. For 2 days, no play has actually been feasible at the Greater Noida Stadium because of unsuited having fun problems. Rain at the location hasn’t been relentless, bad drain centers have actually harmed the arena’s capability to obtain the suit began. Despite the truth that the Sun was out generally of Day 2, also throw could not be held as the groundsmen fell short to dry out the damp spots on the area. While there are recommendations that the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) can’ve picked a various location, a board authorities has actually declared that Noida arena was the only alternative they had.
On the problem of privacy, an ACB authorities declared that the centers at the Noida arena have not altered for many years. In truth, currently, arenas in Afghanistan provide far better solutions in contrast to the Greater Noida location.
“You won’t believe me but the stadia in Afghanistan have better facilities than this one. We have improved our infrastructure in the past few years but here as Shahidi has mentioned nothing has changed,” the ACB authorities had actually informed The Indian Express prior to the Test was to start.
The authorities better declared that the ACB wished to hold the suit versus New Zealand at either Lucknow orDehradun But, its demand was declined by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), leaving no alternative however to pick Greater Noida as the location.
“Our first choice was the Lucknow stadium and the second was Dehradun. Our requests were rejected by the BCCI and we were told that both the states are hosting their respective T20 leagues. This was the only ground available and we had no other choice left,” the authorities claimed.
As points stand, Afghanistan would certainly be privileged to also take care of to host 3 complete days of cricket at the location versusNew Zealand With some showers still anticipated in Greater Noida, the component appears to be going to a full calamity.
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