What’s standards of excluding Mohali from checklist of World Cup venues? Punjab sports activities minister writes to Binny and Shah
IMAGE: The exclusion of Punjab’s Mohali from the checklist of host cities for the event was resulting from political interference, mentioned Punjab’s Sports activities Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer. {Photograph}: BCCI
Punjab Sports activities Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Friday wrote to BCCI president Roger Binny and secretary Jay Shah, questioning the standards below which Mohali was excluded from the checklist of cities that can host matches in the course of the ICC World Cup beginning October 5 in Ahmedabad.
Mohali, one of many notable Indian venue has hosted two ODI World Cup semi-finals in 1996 (Australia vs West Indies) and 2011 (India vs Pakistan) aside from a bunch of different vital ICC video games over time.
Ever because the ICC and the BCCI introduced the World Cup schedule, some opposition social gathering leaders alleged that there was political interference in scheduling, questioning why Ahmedabad is getting big-ticket matches over many different venues.
In his letter to the BCCI chief, Hayer mentioned Punjab has greatest sports activities infrastructure and in addition identified that IS Bindra stadium at Mohali has the excellence of enjoying host to 2 World Cup Semifinal ties, one in 1996 and the opposite time in 2011, moreover two matches in 2016 World T-20.
The Punjab Minister additionally made a point out of BCCI vp Rajiv Shukla’s assertion within the media and mentioned that Shukla had mentioned that the PCA Mohali stadium “doesn’t meet the standards of the ICC to carry the match.”
Hayer mentioned he needed to know what was the ICC standards primarily based on which Mohali was thought of ineligible for the cricket world cup match.
“Other than this, any change made within the norms at current must also be delivered to gentle because the India -Australia Worldwide T20 match was performed in September 2022. In addition to, ODI World Cup matches together with two Semi Finals had been additionally performed up to now,” he wrote in his letter.
It must also be acknowledged whether or not…
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