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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Eden Gardens rejected as venue for W.Cup match

Indian building the whole workers relax after the day of work upon the mount underneath building the whole during Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata upon Jan 27. The International Cricket Council has deserted the ask to keep the country’s most important belligerent as the venue for subsequent month’s World Cup strife in in between India as well as England.
©AFP – Deshakalyan Chowdhury

NEW DELHI (AFP) – The International Cricket Council upon Saturday deserted the ask to keep Eden Gardens in Kolkata as the venue for subsequent month’s World Cup strife in in between India as well as England.

The ICC sparked the logistical calamity for organisers upon Thursday by asking for an pick track for the Feb twenty-seven compare since of concerns about unprepared restoration work during the venue.

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), that runs the stadium, had asked the ICC to recur the argumentative statute upon Friday.

But ICC arch senior manager Haroon Lorgat pronounced CAB’s ask could not be supposed due to logistic issues.

“The ICC cannot house the request,” Lorgat was quoted as observant by Cricinfo website. He pronounced there were as well most formulation as well as logistical issues that would need to be involved.

The game’s ruling physique has additionally asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to endorse an pick venue for the tie by the finish of this month.

The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore has right away emerged as the front-runner to horde the Pool B game. The belligerent is already set to horde 4 World Cup matches, starting with England contra Ireland upon Mar 2.

Eden Gardens, that hosted the World Cup last in 1987 as well as the semi-final in 1996, is due to horde 3 alternative matches. A preference upon either they will go forward will be taken by the ICC during the after date.

The World Cup is being co-hosted by India, Bangladesh as well as Sri Lanka from Feb nineteen to Apr 2.

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