Utilizing conventional tarpaulin to guard outfield, electrical followers to dry moist patches, loaning floor cowl from one state unit and tremendous sopper from the opposite whereas deploying untrained floor employees, the Higher Noida Authority encountered colossal failure in not with the ability to get second day’s play underway within the one off Take a look at between Afghanistan and New Zealand. For the second successive day, not a single ball could possibly be bowled on the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports activities advanced in Higher Noida placing the venue underneath scanner and making it a global embarrassment.
The sport, the primary between the 2 nations, was scheduled to start on Monday however no play was doable because the umpires cited “gamers security” as a priority.
Whereas there was no rain all through the day, there was a downpour for about an hour on Monday night, affecting the beginning of play on Tuesday, which was scheduled to begin half an hour sooner than the unique begin time of 10 am.
Whereas the skies remained clear on Tuesday, the sector could not even be readied for a curtailed day’s play regardless of finest efforts.
The mid-on and midwicket areas remained a reason behind concern because the groundsmen had been bringing in dry sections of grass from the apply space to “transplant” it to the mid wicket space.
Moreover, three desk followers had been used to dry patches of grass on the offside because the groundsmen continued to work all day.
Officers from the Higher Noida Authority, underneath which the stadium falls, had been additionally in attendance, supervising the work.
Umpires performed three inspections earlier than calling off play on the second day.
In keeping with the stadium officers, there are 5 tremendous soppers — two computerized and three guide. Nonetheless, all all through solely two have been used, that too sparingly.
If sources are to be believed, the Higher Noida Authority had requested Uttar Pradesh Cricket Affiliation (UPCA) for a few tremendous soppers and so they despatched it from their Meerut Stadium for logistical functions.
Equally throughout day time, conventional marriage shamiyana (tent) was used to cowl the outfield and within the night when heavy rains began, they used tarpaulin as DDCA authorities had been speeding their outfield cowl from Kotla.
If this wasn’t sufficient, the Higher Noida Authority did not have sufficient educated groundstaff and apparently used their untrained labour for the work. Whereas the pitch space remained pristine, the outfield has been the problem on each days.
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