Sunil Gavaskar mentioned that every one boards have gotten sufficient cash to cowl the entire floor whereas it rains on the match day.
Former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar fumed at Cricket South Africa (CSA) after IND vs SA 1st T20I was referred to as off attributable to persistent rain in Durban. Gavaskar mentioned that all the floor ought to have been lined to have an opportunity of some play. He steered that if the bottom will not be totally lined then it makes a distinction of about an hour for the proceedings to begin.
“If the bottom stays uncovered and the rain stops, you realize it doesn’t begin for one more one hour. All of the sudden it rains once more. So there’s no play by any means. All people (cricket boards) is getting some huge cash. Let’s make no mistake. All of the cricket boards have gotten loads of cash. If they are saying they don’t, they’re mendacity. They may not have as a lot cash because the BCCI. Truthful sufficient. However each board has acquired cash to purchase these covers to cowl all the floor,” Gavaskar mentioned on Star Sports activities.
Gavaskar gave an instance of the long-lasting Eden Gardens, Kolkata and mentioned that the world wanted to be taught from the initiatives that Eden took beneath the management of veteran Sourav Ganguly.
“What the boards must do now’s to cowl all the floor. Let’s don’t have any excuse. I keep in mind I feel there was one Check match at Eden Gardens referred to as the place there was some drawback on the recreation didn’t begin. Subsequent recreation, Eden Gardens had all the floor lined of. That’s the form of initiative that you simply need to have. Sourav Ganguly was the person in cost and he made positive that no one might level the finger at Eden Gardens,” Sunil Gavaskar additional added
Gavaskar additionally gave an instance of the 2019 World Cup and mentioned that a number of groups acquired affected because the match couldn’t begin on time in England. “So many World Cup matches in England (2019) didn’t happen as a result of the bottom was not lined. The rain had stopped, however the remainder of the bottom was, you realize, moist. So a variety of groups misplaced factors. South Africa. I do not forget that they needed to play in opposition to some staff and the match didn’t happen or one thing had occurred, primarily as a result of the outfield was moist,” Gavaskar added.
Suryakumar Yadav and Co. will look to begin the sequence with a bang. Nevertheless, South Africa additionally has a dominating line-up prepared. Aiden Markam and his facet will attempt to give a tricky outing to the guests on Tuesday. Talking concerning the second match, there are atleast 25% probabilities of rain through the IND vs SA 2nd T20 on the St George’s Park in Gqeberha.