Punjab sports minister questions exclusion of Mohali as ICC ODI World Cup host venue | Cricket News
Hayer, in his letter, expressed issues over the alleged political interference within the scheduling course of and demanded readability on the decision-making course of.
Mohali, a famend Indian venue, boasts a powerful cricketing historical past, having hosted two ODI World Cup semi-finals in 1996 (Australia vs. West Indies) and 2011 (India vs. Pakistan), together with quite a few different important ICC matches through the years. In his correspondence, Minister Hayer highlighted Punjab’s excellent sports activities infrastructure and identified the IS Bindra stadium’s distinction as a bunch for high-profile matches, together with two encounters through the 2016 World T20.Ever for the reason that ICC and the BCCI introduced the World Cup schedule, some opposition social gathering leaders alleged that there was political interference in scheduling, questioning why Ahmedabad is getting big-ticket matches over many different venues.
The Punjab Minister additionally made a point out of BCCI vp Rajiv Shukla’s assertion within the media and mentioned that Shukla had mentioned that the PCA Mohali stadium “doesn’t meet the standards of the ICC to carry the match.”
Hayer mentioned he needed to know what was the ICC standards primarily based on which Mohali was thought of ineligible for the cricket world cup match.
“Aside from this, any change made within the norms at current also needs to be delivered to mild because the India -Australia Worldwide T20 match was performed in September 2022. Apart from, ODI World Cup matches together with two Semi Finals have been additionally performed previously,” he wrote in his letter.
It also needs to be said whether or not the ICC workforce visited the Mohali Stadium to examine the requirements, he requested.
“PCA Stadium Mohali isn’t solely one of many high stadiums in India but additionally comes within the listing of outstanding stadiums on the earth. Mohali is all the time the primary alternative of cricket followers. Mohali has a global airport and town additionally has higher infrastructure and sufficient lodges for the groups to remain,” he famous.
The minister additional wrote that Punjab is famend all through the size and breadth of the globe for its age-old traditions of peerless bravery, unmatched hospitality and unwavering religion in secular beliefs.
Within the sporting enviornment too, Punjab has the excellence of being frontrunner and flag bearer of the nation.
“With regards to cricket, Punjab has the honour of manufacturing legends like Lala Amarnath, Bishan Singh Bedi, Mohinder Amarnath, Yashpal Sharma, Madan Lal, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Reetinder Sodhi, Dinesh Mongla, Harvinder Singh, Vikram Rathore, Sharandeep Singh and the newest sensations Shubman Gill and Arshdeep Singh, the listing is limitless,” he mentioned.
“I’ve full confidence that justice could be completed to Punjab on this matter of utmost urgency,” he wrote.
(With inputs from PTI)
