ICC and The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) launched the much-awaited schedule for the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 on Tuesday, June 27. Ten venues are chosen to host a 46-day mega event beginning at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on October 5.
Other than Hyderabad, all ten venues will host 5 matches every with Ahmedabad internet hosting the essential India-Pakistan recreation and closing conflict. Nonetheless, followers have been shocked to see the enduring cricket venues from Mohali and Indore being omitted of staging the World Cup event.
State officers from Punjab and Madhya Pradesh expressed their disappointment in the direction of BCCI for not contemplating historic venues for the foremost ICC event. Abhilash Khandekar, president of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Affiliation, reminded the BCCI that Indore hosted the Australia-New Zealand World Cup recreation in 1987 and stated that MPCA is feeling disillusioned for not getting a single World Cup recreation.
“Indore hosted a World Cup game between Australia and New Zealand back in 1987. We feel bad that Indore has been left out. I don’t know the compulsions of the BCCI. Indore has a rich cricketing history and therefore we expected it to be a venue of the World Cup,” Khandekar advised PTI.
It has been reported that the BCCI held a gathering with officers from the state affiliation a day earlier than releasing a schedule on Tuesday. There is no such thing as a restrict on venues from ICC as England had 11 completely different venues to host the 2019 World Cup and Australia had 14 for the 2015 ODI World Cup. An official from Punjab Cricket Affiliation additionally revealed that the state affiliation is disillusioned for not even getting a observe recreation.
“It seems only metros and cities where the office bearers are from have got games. We pushed for it really hard but could not get a game. Disappointing not to get even a practice game,” a supply within the Punjab Cricket Affiliation advised PTI.
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