Absolute nonsense! Ahmedabad gets both the India-Pak match and the final, just because of Jay Shah. Also, semi-final taken away from Chennai and Bengaluru and given to Kolkata and Mumbai because of BJP lobby and Sourav Ganguly backing Jay Shah. The fair schedule would have been India-Pak at Kolkata + semi-finals at Chennai and Bengaluru + finals in Mumbai.
Why shouldn't Ahmedabad get the final and the India Pak match? Largest stadium - huge crowd, massive revenue and lots more. It's a Big Stadium for Big Matches for a reason.
Final in Narendra Modi Stadium with Narendra Modi as Chief Guest. 🤮 The final should not have gone to a non-metro city. It should have been the national capital Delhi, or at least Chennai because of the high cricketing knowledge and sportsmanship of the Chennai spectators. Else Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata or Hyderabad.
High cricketing knowledge of chennai?? How the f moderator allowed this racial generalization?? Did BCCI distributed the expert knowledge certificate to Chennai people? Or all of them undertook coaching course from BCCI?
Ahmedabad at best deserves a couple of round 1 matches. Dharamshala deserves no matches. Mohali’s exclusion is shocking, as Tharoor says. It’s totally influenced by 2024 elections + bias of Anurag Thakur/Nadda and Modi/Jay Shah. WB is a non-BJP state but they did get 18 seats and expect more in light of the TMC scams, which explains Kolkata knocking out Chennai, where BJP has no hope. Bengaluru lost the semis as punishment for voting BJP out.
Ahmedabad is a dry state, so they should only host matches featuring Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. No other teams.
It has been clarified that if India meets Pak in the semis then the match will be at Eden Gardens, but if India meets any other team then Wankhede will host it and Eden gets the other semi. I don't understand this logic.
I don't understand this either. Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Ahmedabad all have some Pakistan matches. Why can't Mumbai also host Pakistan if they qualify?
Absolute nonsense! Ahmedabad gets both the India-Pak match and the final, just because of Jay Shah. Also, semi-final taken away from Chennai and Bengaluru and given to Kolkata and Mumbai because of BJP lobby and Sourav Ganguly backing Jay Shah. The fair schedule would have been India-Pak at Kolkata + semi-finals at Chennai and Bengaluru + finals in Mumbai.
https://www.news18.com/politics/odi-world-cup-2023-thiruvananthapuram-mohali-left-out-shashi-tharoor-punjab-minister-blame-bcci-8188789.html
https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/chennai-not-semifinal-host-odi-wc-2023/article67017106.ece
Ahmedabad is a dry state, so they should only host matches featuring Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. No other teams.
1Narendra Modi Stadium1,32,000
2Eden Gardens80,000
3Naya Raipur International Cricket Stadium65,000
4Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium55,000
5Greenfield International Stadium55,000
6Ekana Cricket Stadium50,000
7JSCA International Cricket Stadium50,000
8Barabati Stadium45,000
9Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium45,000
10Chepauk Stadium40,000
11MA Chidambaram Stadium33,500
12Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium27,000