‘May Not Have As Much Money As BCCI But…’: Sunil Gavaskar Wants Cricket Boards To Do This | Cricket News

India’s Tour of South Africa had a humid begin as the primary T20I in Durban on Sunday was referred to as off and not using a ball being bowled as a consequence of rain. The Indian cricket staff will play solely a handful of T20Is earlier than the T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 and this collection is a part of India’s preparation. A match misplaced on that street to the T20 World Cup is a giant loss for the Indian cricket staff. There are a number of factors which the Indian cricket staff wish to get readability on forward of the T20 Cricket World Cup. Now, the Indian cricket staff is left with simply 5 T20Is – two extra in opposition to the Proteas and three video games in opposition to Afghanistan at house in January – forward of subsequent yr’s showpiece within the West Indies and the USA.

With the IPL 2024 previous the T20 World Cup, the Indian think-tank will definitely financial institution on the league to determine the best 15 for the marquee occasion.

The first-time guests to the ‘Rainbow Nation’ resembling Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Arshdeep Singh and many others would have been wanting to get that distinctive style of cricket right here and now they must wait until Tuesday for the second match at St George’s Park at Gqeberha, previously generally known as Port Elizabeth.

Also, Suryakumar Yadav would have favored to make a successful begin in Durban in opposition to the Proteas to underline his credentials to provide the bigwigs one other title doubtlessly to contemplate for the captain’s position, if it ever involves that.

However, with rain taking part in spoilsport there not a lot that the Indian cricket staff think-thank may have accomplished. Former Indian cricket staff captain Sunil Gavaskar opined that Cricket South Africa couldn’t have accomplished a lot as rain affected the sport. However, he had an necessary recommendation for worldwide cricket boards.

“Once the schedule has been fixed there is nothing you can do. You can’t fight Mother Nature. There is nothing that Cricket South Africa could have done. But from what I saw, where there can be a lot done and not just in South Africa but in lot other countries is that, cover the grounds fully. All the broads have plenty of money, if they say they don’t…may be not as much as BCCI but still,” Sunil Gavaskar stated on Star Sports.

What Gavsakar was referring to was that at Kingsmead, Duraban, your complete floor was not lined, although rain didn’t relent both.

“Many time what happens is that the rain stops and they take one hour to get the ground ready and the rain comes back. That is one point every board can look into. But Cricket South Africa can’t be blamed for choosing this venue.”