The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has come underneath heavy criticism after followers have been denied an exhilarating finish to the much-anticipated match between India and Pakistan on the Pallekele International Stadium on Saturday as rain washed out the second innings, leaving the 2 groups to share a degree. Former chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Najam Sethi, then uncovered the ACC over the “poor excuses” made to keep away from the scheduling of the match within the UAE. He later continued his assault on ACC with a five-word publish forward of the match between India and Nepal in Pallekele.

It was set to be a thriller of a contest and the likes of Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf had set the stage of it once they wrapped up the Indian prime order early on earlier than Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya revived the innings with their respective knocks of half-centuries. India have been finally folded for 266 runs in 48.5 overs.

Rain had interrupted twice throughout India’s innings however the delays have been each for a shot period. However, the interruption precipitated earlier than the beginning of the second innings by no means stopped and match officers have been compelled to name off the sport.

Moments later, Sethi took to X to disclose that in his tenure because the PCB chairman he had urged the ACC to think about UAE because the second venue after the committee accepted the Hybrid Model over BCCI’s stance to not ship the Indian crew to Pakistan, who have been initially the only hosts for the Asia Cup. Moreover, Sri Lanka don’t are likely to host matches throughout September because the Island witnesses monsoon throughout that interval. But Sethi’s request was turned down with “poor excuses” of IPL.

“How disappointing! Rain mars the greatest contest in cricket. But this was forecast. As PCB Chair, I urged the ACC to play in UAE but poor excuses were made to accommodate Sri Lanka. Too hot in Dubai, they said. But it was as hot when the Asia Cup was played there last time in Sep 2022 or when IPL was played there in April 2014 and Sep 2020. Politics over sport. Unforgivable!” he had posted.

A day later, he took to the platform to take a dig on the ACC but once more amid stories saying that the committee is contemplating the choice of shifting the venue for Super Four matches from Colombo to Pallekele. Sethi shared a picture of the climate forecast for the subsequent one week with the caption: “Cricket anyone? Grab an umbrella!”

Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium is slated to host 5 of the six Super Four matches beginning September 9. However with the capital metropolis experiencing heavy rainfall in the previous few days, ACC is prone to take a choice within the subsequent day or two over whether or not they would need to take the chance of staging the matches in Colombo or shifting to Dambulla with rain forecast in Pallekele as nicely.