ODI World Cup 2023 hosts India Cricket Team has requested the board to allocate their games at those venues on which their spinner would get assistance. Talking about the tournament venues, Nagpur, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Rajkot, Indore, Bengaluru, and Dharamshala being short-listed as venues, even for practice fixtures. Meanwhile, Men In Blue have reportedly allocated their venues out of these.
Talking about the teams in the tournament, eight out of 10 teams have been finalized. Teams who have missed the direct qualification will play in the WC Qualifier tournament. Meanwhile, the hosts of the tournament, who are searching for their first World Championship after 2013 would like to make the most of the home conditions against the likes of England, Australia, New Zealand, etc.
“The Indian team has performed well on slow tracks in the past few years at home. So the team management had requested that whenever the schedule is being prepared the Indian team should face top teams on slow pitches. They wanted to have a home advantage,” a source in the Indian Cricket Board told The Indian Express.
Existing infrastructure will be upgraded before the World Cup: Jay Shah
Meanwhile, the Indian Cricket Board secretary has announced that the existing cricket infrastructure will be upgraded for the World Cup. An amount of 500 crores INR has been allocated to complete the task. The board will look to concentrate on clean toilets, easy access, and many other things for the tournament.
“All existing infrastructure in the country will be upgraded before the World Cup. Assessment of the stadium has been done to engage with a wider cohort of fans in the IPL and during the World Cup. So upgrading infrastructure will be done during this period,” Shah said.
This is how Twitter reacted
Then it's a big problem from kholi to bat on these pitches
— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) May 5, 2023
Yuzi/ Kuldeep/axar/ashwin/jadeja
Toh already sapne dekra pic.twitter.com/DQb6VenQFE— jetha hi?ler ? (@sterns_haschen) May 5, 2023
Just SENA things! ? pic.twitter.com/wNQlvKg8if
— Moneyaar Z (@ManaalManiyar) May 5, 2023
Abe khud hi na pele jaye ?
— Jahazi (@Oye_Jahazi) May 5, 2023
Indian spinners right now ? pic.twitter.com/Ax4LXPJHD4
— Nirmal Jyothi (@majornirmal) May 5, 2023
Our players are not good at playing spin now ??? pic.twitter.com/abW8XC1uwV
— Simha (@MegaForceChiru) May 5, 2023
Not to forget that our batsmen aren't great at playing spin either. It might backfire . Better to Prepare an even pitches instead.
— Yashwanth (@bittuyash18) May 5, 2023
Waah confidence toh dekho jo cheese sahi se kheli nhi jaati uske liye maang karrahe hai
specially sirf 3-4 player khel sakte hai spin first goat Rohit Sharma, iyer (nhi hai team Mein) , pant, Axar Patel— ABDULLAH (@Abd_Sunasara) May 5, 2023
Harry brook and 69 others already shivering
— Dhoni Popa (@Avinash_0707) May 5, 2023
WHY
OUR BATTERS DON'T PLAY SPIN WELL
SAMSON PLAY BUT HE IS NOT IN SQUAD
SKY PLAYS WELL BUT HIS ODI FORMAUS – ZAMPA, AGAR
NZ- SANTNAR, SODI, BRACWELL
ENG – RASHID , ALIWE HAVE KULDEEP AND JADEJA
200 WILL BE DIFFICULT IF WE BAT FIRST ?
— ARNAV? (@ARNAV99974661) May 5, 2023
Last time it was Yuvraj Singh who won Player of the Tournament!
This year it's time it'll be Ravindra Jadeja ?
It's coming home ?#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/cYBFZa0oSy
— Nilesh G (@oye_nilesh) May 5, 2023
