Hyderabad Cricket Association raises concern about World Cup schedule
Days earlier than the 2023 World Cup tickets go on sale, the BCCI has been put in a spot by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) which has raised a priority about internet hosting back-to-back ODIs on October 9 and 10.
ESPNcricinfo has discovered that, on Saturday, the HCA alerted the BCCI that the Hyderabad Police was involved about offering satisfactory safety for 2 matches – New Zealand vs Netherlands on October 9 and Pakistan vs Sri Lanka on October 10. It is known that the BCCI has advised the HCA that it’ll look at the difficulty and reply.
The HCA concern comes 5 days earlier than the first batch of World Cup tickets go on sale, on August 25. The ICC introduced the dates for a staggered sale of tickets after it was pressured to revise the unique World Cup schedule which comprised changing the dates for nine matches, together with the one between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad – the marquee contest was shifted from October 15 to October 14. But that resulted in Pakistan’s match towards Sri Lanka in Hyderabad being pushed from October 12 to October 10 to offer Babar Azam’s group an satisfactory hole main into their India match. It couldn’t be confirmed whether or not the BCCI had spoken to HCA when the revised schedule was finalised.
The HCA, which is presently being supervised by a Supreme Court-appointed administrator, can also be understood to be uncertain as as to whether all 4 groups can get satisfactory follow on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Sri Lanka will journey to Hyderabad on October 8, after having performed a day-night match in Delhi on October 7, towards South Africa. Both Pakistan and Netherlands will open their marketing campaign in Hyderabad, contesting one another on October 6, and can stay there for his or her second group match. New Zealand, who play Netherlands on October 9, will attain Hyderabad after enjoying the match opener towards England on October 5 in Ahmedabad.
It is known that in case the BCCI is unable to make any schedule tweaks, the HCA will attempt to garner sufficient assets, together with safety personnel, to make sure the matches go easily.