If BCCI and ICC should accommodate one other date change, then Pakistan could have a 3rd change in schedule.
This is after rescheduling the India vs Pakistan sport (October 14 as an alternative of 15 in Ahmedabad) and Sri Lanka vs Pakistan sport (now on October 10 in Hyderabad as an alternative of October 12).
The Ahmedabad Police had instructed the BCCI that it might discover it troublesome to handle safety on October 15 which occurs to be the primary day of the Hindu competition of Navaratri.
The ICC and BCCI had launched the schedule at a grand ceremony on June 27 however now the revised schedule is but to be printed because it has fully gone haywire.
Kali Puja is a second largest competition in West Bengal, and hundreds of native golf equipment organise festivities with a big police deployment required to keep up legislation and order state of affairs throughout the size and breadth of the town.
While CAB president Snehasish Ganguly denied of any “official request” for a change in schedule, senior office-bearers in CAB are properly conscious that Kolkata Police hs already raised this subject.
“Kolkata Police has cited concerns to provide security for the match slated on Diwali. We have informed the ICC and BCCI to reschedule it and if does not happen we would inform this to the the chief minister,” a senior CAB office-bearer, who was a part of the assembly with the 17-member ICC and BCCI inspection workforce, mentioned.
In such a state of affairs, it stays to be seen whether or not ICC agrees for one more schedule change.
CAB chief Ganguly gave a guarded response, whereas speaking to reporters after the ICC’s inspection and assembly that lasted for greater than three hours.
“We have not yet got anything officially from the Kolkata Police,” Snehasish, elder brother of former BCCI president and India captain Sourav Ganguly, mentioned.
“Unless we get something officially, we can’t inform the ICC. Security issue is being taken care of by the Kolkata Police. That is not our look-out.”
“As I said, we have not got anything officially, if we get anything we will inform ICC.”
The CAB top-brass, by the way, had gone to fulfill Kolkata Police officers at their Lalbazaar headquarters a few days again.
Snehasish nonetheless termed it a “courtesy call”.
“We went to Kolkata Police for a courtesy visit two days ago, we had a discussion with them. We schedule, plan and how we are preparing the stadium were discussed,” he mentioned.
However with a number of adjustments in schedule, the query that has cropped up is that whether or not the native safety businesses had been taken into confidence whereas chalking up the dates for the World Cup.
The CAB is learnt to have requested for a rescheduling of the fixture in a letter to BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Friday.
ICC workforce glad
A six-member ICC workforce led by occasions senior supervisor Sarah Edgar, sponsorship and broadcast officers Sybil Fernandes and Ruchika Rana together with 11 officers from BCCI and the published wing earlier inspected the membership home, press field and the galleries which had been present process full-scale renovation.
Snehasish mentioned they had been total pleased with the renovation work which will likely be completed forward of the deadline.
The ICC workforce will once more go to in a second spherical of inspection within the second week of September.
“They don’t have much observations. They are satisfied with the progress work, they are very happy with the club house, media centre and corporate box work,” he mentioned.
“There were a little bit of issues in washroom, and broadcast people have a few demands as they have a bit of space constraints for the commentary box.
“We try our greatest to carve out some more room for them. Overall, they’re pleased with the inspection. Looking on the progress, we will likely be ending our work earlier than the deadline. ,” he mentioned.
The capability of the Eden Gardens will stay at 65,500, however the iconic venue could have a brand new digital scoreboard, whereas the prevailing one will likely be modified.
Club home, dressing rooms, company bins and all bogs within the stadium are present process full renovation.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com