Cricket broadcasters Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon have come down onerous on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the scheduling of the upcoming ICC World Cup 2023 of their nation after the board secretary Jay Shah introduced that there shall be modifications in a number of the fixtures for the showpiece occasion.

Expect modifications in World Cup Schedule: Jay Shah

Shah mentioned final month that the blockbuster match between India and Pakistan shall be performed at a unique date than what was initially scheduled as a result of Navratri competition in India.

The match was imagined to happen on October 15 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad however will now be performed a day earlier.

Shah additionally mentioned that quite a few different member boards have written to the BCCI relating to the fixtures for his or her groups which can even see some modifications.

The announcement in regards to the modifications got here simply days after the International Cricket Council (ICC) launched the ODI World Cup dates and venues in a star-studded occasion on the St Regis lodge in Mumbai.

BCCI turns into the laughing inventory

Broadcasters Lemon and Collins have now criticised the BCCI and known as it an “incompetent sporting body” for the uncertainty that it has created over the World Cup scheduling.

“The 50-over men’s World Cup in October-November this year, the schedule is changing. Because a number of host boards have written to the BCCI and said, ‘the schedule don’t work’.

“‘There’s too many logistical hurdles you are making us bounce by way of right here. You’ve received to provide us extra time for journey and so forth’. So they’re contemplating that,” mocked Collins on The Final Word podcast.

Lemon agreed with his colleague and went on to further bash the Indian cricket board over its incompetency.

“The BCCI I believe, have to be essentially the most incompetent main sporting physique on this planet. It’s fairly onerous to make the argument in any other case, simply on purely the sensible grounds that we’re laying right here.

“There is a World Cup in now, what, under three months that still doesn’t have a reliable fixture. You can’t book to go to games because they might change to another city and date entirely.

“The BCCI, I do not assume they’re evil… They’re simply actually unhealthy at doing stuff,” Lemon mentioned.

India to host World Cup solely for the first time

The ODI World Cup is scheduled to be played from October 5 to November 19. India has co-hosted the WC thrice before in 1987, 1996 and 2011 with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

But this is the first time the country will be solely hosting the biggest tournament in cricket.

Published on: Thursday, August 03, 2023, 01:57 PM IST