COLOMBO: Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood and his Bangladesh counterpart Chandika Hathurusingha on Friday expressed displeasure over the unilateral resolution to offer a reserve day for the Super 4 match between India and Pakistan.
Earlier within the day, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) introduced that the Indo-Pak match may resume on September 11 if the rain performs spoilsport on September 10.
However, the opposite matches is not going to have a reserve day although rain is predicted within the Sri Lankan capital by way of the Super 4s.Hathurasingha stated he was not conscious of the rationale behind the sudden change in Asia Cup enjoying circumstances.
“There is a technical committee (in Asia Cup) represented by every participating country – 6 nations. They might have decided it for some other reason,” the Bangladesh coach stated through the pre-match press convention forward of their Super 4 match in opposition to Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Hinting that no transfer was made to take a consensual name on the problem, Hathurasingha stated his staff additionally would have favored to have a reserve day.
“It is not ideal, and we also would have liked to have an extra day,” he added.
Hathurasingha additionally hinted that the officers involved didn’t seek the advice of different groups earlier than arriving on the resolution.
“But I don’t have any more comment on this because they have already made a decision and had they consulted us earlier we would have given our opinion,” stated Hathurusingha.
Silverwood stated he was shocked when conveyed in regards to the resolution to have an additional day for the Indo-Pak match.
“Yeah! Look, obviously, I was a little surprised when I heard it first. But we don’t organise the competition, so we can’t do a whole lot about it, right?” requested Silverwood.
The Lankan coach additionally stated the reserve day may give a little bit of an unfair benefit to both India or Pakistan in the event that they handle to log in factors on that specific day.
“To be honest, I see it only becoming a problem if it provides points to the teams, and affects us,” stated Silverwood.
Earlier within the day, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) introduced that the Indo-Pak match may resume on September 11 if the rain performs spoilsport on September 10.
However, the opposite matches is not going to have a reserve day although rain is predicted within the Sri Lankan capital by way of the Super 4s.Hathurasingha stated he was not conscious of the rationale behind the sudden change in Asia Cup enjoying circumstances.
“There is a technical committee (in Asia Cup) represented by every participating country – 6 nations. They might have decided it for some other reason,” the Bangladesh coach stated through the pre-match press convention forward of their Super 4 match in opposition to Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Hinting that no transfer was made to take a consensual name on the problem, Hathurasingha stated his staff additionally would have favored to have a reserve day.
“It is not ideal, and we also would have liked to have an extra day,” he added.
Hathurasingha additionally hinted that the officers involved didn’t seek the advice of different groups earlier than arriving on the resolution.
“But I don’t have any more comment on this because they have already made a decision and had they consulted us earlier we would have given our opinion,” stated Hathurusingha.
Silverwood stated he was shocked when conveyed in regards to the resolution to have an additional day for the Indo-Pak match.
“Yeah! Look, obviously, I was a little surprised when I heard it first. But we don’t organise the competition, so we can’t do a whole lot about it, right?” requested Silverwood.
The Lankan coach additionally stated the reserve day may give a little bit of an unfair benefit to both India or Pakistan in the event that they handle to log in factors on that specific day.
“To be honest, I see it only becoming a problem if it provides points to the teams, and affects us,” stated Silverwood.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com