The outfield at Inexperienced Park Stadium in Kanpur, which hosted the
rain-affected second Test between India and Bangladesh from September 27 to October 1, has earned an “unsatisfactory” ranking from the ICC. The ranking comes with one demerit level for the venue.
Solely 35 overs of play have been potential on day one of many Take a look at match, and there was no play potential on days two and three – this was regardless of no rain falling in the course of the scheduled taking part in hours
on day three. Within the lead-up to the Take a look at match, the state’s public works division had
deemed one of Green Park’s stands unsafeand had instructed the stadium authorities to open up solely a restricted variety of its upper-level seats to spectators.
The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Affiliation (UPCA) makes use of the Inexperienced Park Stadium on the idea of an MoU it has signed with the UP authorities. The federal government owns the land however as per the MoU, the stadium and its repairs are the accountability of the UPCA.
BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla, who hails from Kanpur, defended the venue after it got here in for widespread criticism following the washout of day three however conceded that the bottom, which has hosted Take a look at cricket since 1952, was
in need of refurbishment.
After greater than two-and-a-half days of the Take a look at match have been washed out, India put in a concerted effort to drive a victory, choosing up 20 Bangladesh wickets within the house of 121.2 overs, and scoring 383 runs in simply 52 overs throughout two innings, at an
unprecedented 7.36 per over.
The pitch for this Take a look at match, in the meantime, earned a “passable” ranking.
The ICC charges pitches and outfields for all worldwide video games on a scale of excellent to unfit: excellent, passable, unsatisfactory and unfit. One demerit level is awarded to venues for an unsatisfactory ranking, and three for an unfit ranking. If any floor receives 5 or extra demerit factors in a five-year rolling interval, it’s suspended from internet hosting any worldwide cricket for 12 months.
The remainder of the venues that hosted India’s 2024-25 worldwide season didn’t are available for any censure from the ICC. Of the pitches on which India performed their 5 Exams, 4 – together with all three that hosted the lately concluded collection towards New Zealand, in Bengaluru, Pune and Mumbai – earned “passable” scores, whereas the floor at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, which hosted the primary Take a look at towards Bangladesh, earned a “excellent” tag.
