Asia Cup: Bangladesh, SL coach not impressed with determination to award reserve day just for India vs Pakistan conflict

Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood and Bangladesh counterpart Chandika Hathurasingha weren’t pleased with ACC’s unilateral determination to offer a reserve day for the Super 4s match between India and Pakistan.

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) introduced {that a} reserve day has been added for India’s Super-4 stage match towards rivals Pakistan within the ongoing 2023 Asia Cup. It implies that the match can proceed on the eleventh of September ought to rain pressure the sport to be deserted on Sunday.

The different matches, nonetheless, won’t have a reserve day, although rain is forecast within the Sri Lankan capital all through the Super 4s. Hathurasingha acknowledged that he was unaware of the rationale for the abrupt change in Asia Cup enjoying situations.

“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 mentioned in the course of the pre-match press convention forward of their Super 4 match towards Sri Lanka on Saturday.

Hathurasingha mentioned his group would have preferred to have a reserve day, implying that no try was made to achieve an settlement on the problem. “It is not ideal, and we also would have liked to have an extra day,” he added.

Hathurasingha additionally hinted that the officers in query didn’t seek the advice of with different groups earlier than making their determination. “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,” mentioned Hathurasingha.

Silverwood expressed shock when he was knowledgeable concerning the determination 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 acknowledged that the reserve day might give both India or Pakistan an unfair benefit in the event that they rating factors on that day. “To be honest, I see it only becoming a problem if it provides points to the teams, and affects us,” mentioned Silverwood.

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Sep 8, 2023