Prasad hit out on the governing our bodies for mishandling the occasion, declaring that the match is a ‘matter of nationwide status’.
The World Cup is scheduled to kick-off on October 5 in Ahmedabad with last-time finalists England and New Zealand locking horns on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Prasad took to X (formally Twitter) elevating considerations on the way in which BCCI is dealing with issues within the run-up to the mega occasion.
Around 100 days earlier than earlier than the beginning of the match, the schedule was first made public. As in comparison with the 2018 World Cup, the fixtures had been made public greater than a 12 months prematurely.
The 2023 World Cup schedule then went via further changes, as many internet hosting associations expressed reservations over a conflict of the matches with different essential occasions within the metropolis.
The fixture record was lastly amended on August 9, a couple of month and a half after the primary announcement, and with lower than two months till the primary recreation of the match, scheduled for October 5.
A complete of 9 video games had been rescheduled, amounting to at least one in each six group-stage matches. These included India’s recreation towards archrival Pakistan, probably the most anticipated first-round conflict. England, the World Cup holders, are probably the most affected crew, with three of their 9 video games rearranged.
Indore, Mohali, Rajkot, and Nagpur are among the many venues which were considerably surprisingly ignored. Notably, Mohali hosted the 2011 ODI World Cup semifinal between India and Pakistan. Sports Ministers of Several states confirmed their displease with the BCCI resolution and alleged discrimination and politics over sports activities.
However, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla got here up with a clarification and referred to as all allegations “baseless”.
The sudden change within the schedule noticed cricket followers struggling to get tickets in India and the world over. BCCI launched 400,000 tickets on Friday (September 8) after the preliminary sale of tickets that ended on September 3.
After the sudden change within the schedule, BCCI confronted criticism from followers for releasing the tickets late. The International Cricket Council made modifications to the schedule to type out logistical points final month.
The delay within the announcement of ticket gross sales has led to confusion and travelling followers are fretting concerning the logistical points that they may face throughout the World Cup.
Earlier, Prasad additionally slammed the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) after it determined to have a reserve day for India vs. Pakistan Super 4s conflict on Sunday.
The former pacer mentioned it will be unethical if the principles had been totally different for simply two groups.
(With inputs from IANS)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com