Former Indian captain and cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has voiced his disappointment over the washout of the first T20I between South Africa and India because of persistent rain in Durban on Sunday, December 10.
The match, scheduled to be held at Kingsmead, was deserted with no toss as persistent rain left the pitch situations moist. The on-field umpires waited for 2 hours previous the scheduled toss time earlier than deciding to name off the sport as a result of unfavourable situations.
Sunil Gavaskar criticizes Cricket South Africa
In his dialog with Star Sports activities, Gavaskar strongly criticized Cricket South Africa (CSA), emphasizing that your entire cricket floor ought to have been coated. He expressed the view that each cricket board has adequate funds to spend money on covers, stopping the pitch from changing into moist.
“If the bottom stays uncovered and the rain stops, it doesn’t begin for one more one hour. Abruptly it rains once more. So there’s no play in anyway. Everyone (cricket boards) is getting some huge cash. Let’s make no mistake,” Gavaskar mentioned.
“All of the cricket boards have gotten loads of cash. If they are saying they don’t, they’re mendacity. They may not have as a lot cash because the BCCI. Truthful sufficient. However each board has received cash to purchase these covers to cowl your entire floor,” the 74-year-old added.
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Studying from Eden Gardens and Sourav Ganguly’s management
Utilizing Eden Gardens for instance, Gavaskar highlighted the great floor protection undertaken to guard towards rain. He credited the initiatives at Eden Gardens to the management of Sourav Ganguly and urged the cricketing world to observe swimsuit in making certain that pitches are adequately shielded from inclement climate.
“What the boards must do now’s to cowl your entire floor. Let’s haven’t any excuse. I bear in mind I feel there was one Take a look at match at Eden Gardens known as the place there was some downside on the sport didn’t begin Subsequent sport, Eden Gardens had your entire floor coated of. That’s the sort of initiative that you simply need to have. Sourav Ganguly was the person in cost and he made positive that no person may level the finger at Eden Gardens,” the Mumbaikar concluded.
The second encounter between India and South Africa is scheduled for Tuesday (December 12) in Gqeberha.
