The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports activities Advanced in Higher Noida, Uttar Pradesh has been beneath critical scanner. The one-off Check between the Afghanistan Nationwide Cricket Staff and the New Zealand Nationwide Cricket Staff hasn’t been in a position to begin.
That is due to the moist outfield on the Higher Noida stadium. The historic Check match between Afghanistan and New Zealand was scheduled to begin on Monday (ninth September). However the rain on the opening day together with the moist outfield washed out the primary day.
To worsen the case extra, Day 2 of the sport between Afghanistan and New Zealand additionally was referred to as off attributable to poor outfield situations. After the play on the second day received washed out on the Higher Noida stadium, photographs of unhygienic situations on the bottom raised extra questions.
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) confronted large criticism for the situation of the Higher Noida stadium as many lashed out at them for not making the right preparations. To worsen the case extra, contemporary photographs from the stadium has emerged which has put the venue beneath extra scrutiny.
Within the image that has gone viral on the web, the members of the catering workforce on the venue have been washing utensils in a washroom. The images have been uploaded by a number of media retailers which additionally reported that media on the venue lacked correct seating on the opening day and even water and washroom services have been substandard.
The catering workforce on the Higher Noida stadium was washing utensils in a washroom
This is the image:
Seen in Higher Noida: Caterers are cleansing utensils within the washroom. 🤯
We are able to assume the situations and services at this stadium. #AFGvsNZ pic.twitter.com/uRAZrQhsRJ
— Sports activities With Naveen (@sportscey) September 10, 2024
Bathroom faucet water was used in the course of the Afg vs NZ take a look at match for the catering service, despite the fact that there isn’t any media field and bathroom for the media individual, they’re compelled to take a seat beneath a tent on this humid climate, even membership matches are higher than this. @BCCI @ACBofficials pic.twitter.com/gkQLzRLZ97
— vipul kashyap (@kashyapvipul) September 10, 2024
The drainage system on the venue has been horrible. Additionally, the world round mid-on and mid-wicket noticed massive patches of soggy, muddy outfield. The bottom employees on the stadium have been seen working and masking the areas with sawdust.
On the second day of the sport, floor employees was seen digging up sections of the outfield and filling them with dry soil and grass in an try and make it playable. The affected space stretched round three ft, and even with these efforts, the outfield remained removed from appropriate for Check match situations.
Lately, the Afghanistan Cricket Board additionally expressed their disappointment with the Higher Noida stadium. Not solely the workforce administration but additionally the gamers have been sad with the services on the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports activities Advanced.
A supply near the Afghanistan Cricket Board has confirmed that the Afghanistan Nationwide Cricket Staff will not be taking part in any extra cricket on the Higher Noida stadium and as an alternative will put together to play in Lucknow. Notably, that is Afghanistan’s adopted house offered by the BCCI.
This isn’t the primary time the Afghanistan cricket workforce are taking part in within the Higher Noida stadium. In 2017, Afghanistan performed 3 ODIs and as many T20Is towards Eire and three extra T20Is towards the identical opposition in 2020 on the venue.
