Punjab’s Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer expressed his disappointment at Mohali not attending to host any ODI World Cup 2023 match after the match schedule was launched by the International Cricket Council in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Dharamsala, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Hyderabad will host no less than 5 matches every within the World Cup which begins from October 5.

But Mohali has been ignored as a bunch metropolis, the place India and Pakistan had performed the World Cup semi-final in 2011.

“Mohali is always the first choice for cricket fans. Discrimination against Punjab will not be tolerated at any cost,” Hayer stated, including that the federal government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will elevate the difficulty of open injustice with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

“The exclusion of Punjab’s Mohali from the list of host cities for the tournament was due to political interference. Punjab government will raise this issue with BCCI,” Hayer added.

Shashi Tharoor not pleased with Kerala lacking out

Meanwhile, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor additionally expressed his displeasure at Kerala not attending to host a single ODI World Cup match this 12 months.

Tharoor took to Twitter to criticise the ICC schedule.

“Disappointed to see that Thiruvananthapuram’s #SportsHub, hailed by many as the best cricket stadium in India, is missing from the #WorldCup2023 fixture list.

“Ahmedabad is turning into the brand new cricket capital of the nation, however might a match or two not have been allotted to Kerala?” Tharoor tweeted.

India’s schedule & match particulars

India will start their World Cup marketing campaign towards Australia on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on October 8. They shall be taking part in 9 video games of their marketing campaign, together with the blockbuster conflict towards Pakistan on October 15 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

A complete of 10 groups will take part on the showcase occasion, the primary eight having already certified via the Cricket World Cup Super League. The remaining two spots shall be decided on the finish of the Qualifier match in Zimbabwe, which concludes on July 9.

Each staff performs the opposite 9 in a spherical robin format with the highest 4 qualifying for the knockout stage and semi-finals.

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Published on: Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 07:05 PM IST