After Ahmedabad, Kolkata requests BCCI to reschedule Pakistan World Cup game: Report
BCCI) to reschedule Pakistan-England World Cup match, scheduled for to be played at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on November 12, Press Trust of India reported citing sources. The Cricket Association of Bengal officials cited security concerns of Kolkata police for the match which is slated on Kali Puja. Kali Puja is one of the biggest biggest festival in West Bengal, and thousands of local clubs organise festivities with a large police deployment required to maintain law and order situation across the length and breadth of the city.
A six-member ICC team along with 11 officials from BCCI this week inspected the facilities at Kolkata's Eden Gardens stadium and are again set to make a second round of inspection in the second week of September. «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,» Press Trust of India, cited a senior CAB office-bearer, who was part of the meeting with the ICC and BCCI inspection team, as saying.
The Ahmedabad Police has also conveyed to the BCCI that it would find it difficult to take care of security on October 15, the date of India-Pakistan match, which happens to be the first day of the Hindu festival of Navaratri. However, neither the ICC nor the BCCI have made an official announcement to that effect. If the date for Ahmedabad match is changed, it could impact Pakistan's preceding fixture, against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad.
If the Ahmedabad match is preponed, the date for Hyderabad match could also see a change allow Pakistan a sufficient gap between the two matches. The Sri Lanka vs Pakistan game is scheduled for October 12. (With Agency
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