India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2024: With the Nassau Stadium pitches lately coming below hearth for uneven bounce which resulted in India skipper Rohit Sharma retiring damage within the match in opposition to Eire, the governing physique dismissed the claims that the marquee conflict between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on June 9 can be shifted from the venue, in accordance with a report by Instances London. Nevertheless, the organisers admitted the issues with the taking part in floor and guaranteed that remedial work was happening earlier than Sunday’s match.
“T20 inc [the organising committee] and the ICC recognise that the pitches used thus far on the Nassau County Worldwide Cricket Stadium haven’t performed as persistently as we’d have all needed. The world-class grounds group have been working laborious because the conclusion of yesterday’s recreation to treatment the scenario and ship the very best surfaces for the remaining matches,” a press release from the organizers revealed.
The article additionally identified that the inconsistent bounce on the pitch was attributable to grassy veins within the observe with the pitches now being top-dressed and levelled to attempt to reduce the influence of the veins.
With the grass pushed in by rolling the wicket, the ball ought to hit a flatter floor and subsequently play higher, the report added.
The India vs Pakistan is among the most hotly-anticipated clashes within the World Cup with the 30,000-seater stadium utterly bought out which might make it tough for the match to be moved to another venue.
Nevertheless, this was not the primary time the pitch of the Nassau Stadium has come below scanner with the Sri Lanka and South Africa match additionally affected by the identical issues. Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 77 whereas the Proteas took over 16 overs to chase down the flimsy goal, shedding 4 wickets on the way in which.
Andy Flower, the previous Zimbabwe cricketer had branded the pitch harmful whereas former gamers like Irfan Pathan and Michael Vaughan additionally expressed their displeasure over the taking part in floor.
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