The assembly between arch rivals India and Pakistan at this 12 months’s Cricket World Cup is amongst 9 matches to have been rescheduled, lower than two months earlier than the beginning of the match.
Two of Australia’s fixtures have additionally been rescheduled in a reshuffle by organisers introduced on Wednesday.
The marquee India-Pakistan sport will now happen in Ahmedabad on October 14, a day sooner than initially scheduled.
The unique date had been closely criticised as it will have clashed with the beginning of Navratri festivities within the metropolis and pressure police assets in Ahmedabad.
The Navratri week, beginning October 15, is well known with pomp and splendour throughout India and leads as much as the competition of Diwali yearly.
Further adjustments to the schedule had been obligatory as Pakistan had been set to play Sri Lanka in Hyderabad on October 12, leaving solely a two-day hole to the rescheduled India sport. That match was moved to October 10.
Two different video games initially scheduled for October 14 had been additionally moved to verify India-Pakistan was a standalone occasion.
So, New Zealand versus Bangladesh in Chennai will probably be performed on October 13 as a day-night sport, whereas England towards Afghanistan in Delhi has been moved ahead to October 15.
As a consequence, Australia’s match towards South Africa in Lucknow on October 13 has additionally been moved ahead at some point.
England versus Bangladesh in Dharamsala on October 10 is now a day sport as a substitute of a day-night affair to accommodate Pakistan’s sport towards Sri Lanka.
Security issues in Kolkata in connection to the Diwali festivities in November additionally led to some scheduling adjustments.
The double-header, with Australia taking part in Bangladesh in Pune and England versus Pakistan in Kolkata, has now been moved to November 11, at some point sooner than deliberate.
In flip, India’s sport towards the Netherlands in Bangalore was moved down at some point to November 12.
The World Cup will kick off in Ahmedabad on October 5, with the opening sport between 2019 World Cup finalists England and New Zealand. Tickets for the occasion will go on sale on August 25.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
