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The ICC have been forced to defend Dharamshala’s sandy outfield as England prepare for Tuesday’s crucial World Cup match against Bangladesh.

Jos Butler’s team will go into the game not only in need of a victory after Thursday’s hammering by New Zealand, but armed with a warning from their former batsman Jonathan Trott about the shambolic state of the surface.

Trott, who won 68 ODI caps for England, is in India as coach of Afghanistan, and looked on in dismay as one of his players – Mujeeb Ur Rahman – dangerously jammed his knee in the turf during his side’s defeat by the Bangladeshis here on Saturday.


Mujeeb escaped unhurt, but the incident recalled England fast bowler Simon Jones’s horrific career-ending injury at Brisbane’s Gabba in the 2002-03 Ashes.

A stroll across Dharamshala’s outfield was enough to reveal the extent of the damage after heavy rain and a fungal infestation persuaded the local authorities to mitigate both by using sand.

England, who have decided to grin and bear it, are primed to keep an eye on the worst-affected areas, with Jonny Bairstow admitting they would have to ‘box a bit clever’ to avoid injury.

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ICC forced to defend hazardous Dharamshala outfield

The ICC have been forced to defend Dharamshala's sandy outfield as England prepare for Tuesday's crucial World Cup match against Bangladesh.
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International Teams are being forced to play and compromise their safety on dangerous and substandard grounds in India during the WC.

Teams not playing their best sides due to fear of getting their players injured.
 
Whenever any team lost they will complaint like little children for small small problem .We have seen wrost outfield in another countries when matches were Played
 
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This is what the ground looks like.
 
Even though it will cause embarrassment on a massive scale, BCCI must shift the matches from here to Mohali. Mohali is an international class venue, iconic stadium with great WC memories, only reason it didn't get any game was dirty politics.
 
Devadwal said:
Whenever any team lost they will complaint like little children for small small problem .We have seen wrost outfield in another countries when matches were Played
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yup, this proves you never played any sport in your life.
 
There is no problem with the outfield. It is a brilliant outfield. In fact India leads the world in designing and manufacturing innovative brilliant outfields.

If fielder does not know how to dive and slide they should not blame the outfield
 
Honestly speaking, we cricket fans were expecting better management from India during this World Cup. There is certainly a lot of room for improvement in many areas.
 
Sorry but for a prestigious world cup event , this is embarrassing. If I am supporting India, doesnt meant I cant question the competency of BCCI or the state assocaitions to provider better facilies for international games. If you cant provide , fine - then dont host it. Other cities can do it. Doesnt look good at all with Trott, Buttler , Afg complaining. Outfields here in the US where we play entry club level cricket - look like this , certainly not for a WC game. Making BCCI accountable doesnt make any Indian or Indian origin person a traitor or unpatriotic - that is just silly IMO
 
Devadwal said:
Whenever any team lost they will complaint like little children for small small problem .We have seen wrost outfield in another countries when matches were Played
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You’ll only understand when players from your team get injured due to the condition of the outfield.

Also, can you show us outfields that are worse than this in other countries?
 
Swashbuckler said:
Even though it will cause embarrassment on a massive scale, BCCI must shift the matches from here to Mohali. Mohali is an international class venue, iconic stadium with great WC memories, only reason it didn't get any game was dirty politics.
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Yes. India vs Australia originally planned to play here. Then they shifted to Indore who didn't have time to prepare the ground and the match became a very short affair. It seems like Dharamsala is still not ready. Yet they let them play there anyway. If someone sues BCCI if they get injured, it will be great.
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Can you show us where?
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Whinging is against the nature of modern day Bharatiyas. We believe in claiming things through hard work not by crying. We understand that weak looking actions will bring a bad name to our great nation hence we avoid it at all cost. The glory of Bharat means more to us than cheap gains.
 
It's quite bad, there have already been so many injuries this WC and cricket cannot afford any more.
But on the plus side, at least Pakistan don't have any matches there.

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Bhaijaan said:
Whinging is against the nature of modern day Bharatiyas. We believe in claiming things through hard work not by crying. We understand that weak looking actions will bring a bad name to our great nation hence we avoid it at all cost. The glory of Bharat means more to us than cheap gains.
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Bro, I asked where India have played in worse surfaces as you claimed.
 
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[Reporter:]

Looking at the Mujeeb incident in particular, do you have concerns that the players could get injured, that there's a problem? You've got players in your team who've had unfortunate things happen to them before.

[Jos Buttler:]

Yeah, injuries can happen at any time, can't they, on any surface, but I think it's definitely one where you're going to have to be a little bit careful, which isn't what you want to be doing playing for your country. You want to put your body on the line and be trying to save every single run or have confidence in the field. So, it's not as good as it could be or should be, but it's going to be the same for both teams, and the wicket looks fantastic. So, as I said we're hungry to get out there and play well, so we won't be using it as an excuse, we just have to be a bit smart, I think.
 
[Reporter:]

Just wanted to ask about the outfield as well. We obviously saw quite a few players sort of slipping over the deep throughout both innings. What was your take on it? Was the ground fit to host this game?

[Jonathan Trott:]

I don't think that's a decision for me to sit here and make an assessment of. I just think if you've got players unsure of whether they can dive, we see the product of cricket all around the world where players are taught and encouraged to improve their fielding. And when you've got players worried about getting injured, I mean, we're lucky Mujeeb he hasn't got a serious knee injury towards the end. Yes, he probably shouldn't have dived on his knee, but we saw so I think it was Devon Conway from New Zealand early on as well.

So, something for them to look at, but it's not the reason why we lost today. I'm definitely not putting any blame on that, but that's something to keep an eye on for the future, hopefully.
 
Swashbuckler said:
Even though it will cause embarrassment on a massive scale, BCCI must shift the matches from here to Mohali. Mohali is an international class venue, iconic stadium with great WC memories, only reason it didn't get any game was dirty politics.
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Seriously, its strange that mohali is ignored for this world cup. Its among the top 3 cricket venues in India.
 
Jazx said:
Seriously, its strange that mohali is ignored for this world cup. Its among the top 3 cricket venues in India.
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Politics. Deliberately sidelined a venue which hosted 2011 world cup quarter final and semi final.
 
This has a great pitch and brilliant surroundings. But this ground condition is similar to what you see in high schools. If only they spent time improving this it would have been great.
 
From Twitter

Actually, BCCI will respond strongly to the outfield issue at Dharamsala

1. Ravi Shastri to explain in detail abt how poor the Eng grounds were in 1983
2. Shastri to further discuss abt how poor the Aussie hotels were during 2021
4. Harsha will talk abt the theme song of 99 WC being ready only after Eng were knocked out
5. Bhajji to propose conspiracy theory abt Eng media ki saazish

In total, Hail Jay Shah.
 
MenInG said:
From Twitter

Actually, BCCI will respond strongly to the outfield issue at Dharamsala

1. Ravi Shastri to explain in detail abt how poor the Eng grounds were in 1983
2. Shastri to further discuss abt how poor the Aussie hotels were during 2021
4. Harsha will talk abt the theme song of 99 WC being ready only after Eng were knocked out
5. Bhajji to propose conspiracy theory abt Eng media ki saazish

In total, Hail Jay Shah.
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They cannot get away easily as India plays there.
 
This is unacceptable.

They could just not host matches at this venue if the field has these problems - India has many other great venues to choose from!
 
It's all politics due to it being Anurag Thakur heading the local state cricket association. And they have to keep him satisfied - that's all it is..
 
I'm honestly surprised that the BCCI didn't make Pakistan play on this pitch.
Maybe the BCCI actually does care for us :ROFLMAO:
 
Unacceptable for any match let alone for the biggest stage in world cricket, embarrassing for the richest cricket board
 
Bhaijaan said:
Our cricketers have played on worst surfaces and never cried about it.
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Lmao I play on surfaces like this in my park. Absolutely rubbish that this is what players are getting at a global event.
 
Swashbuckler said:
Even though it will cause embarrassment on a massive scale, BCCI must shift the matches from here to Mohali. Mohali is an international class venue, iconic stadium with great WC memories, only reason it didn't get any game was dirty politics.
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what are the reasons? pls elaborate bro
 
boomboomcheema said:
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This is what the ground looks like.
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man this is pathetic! even the front yard of the houses in my area look better than this. To think this is what the richest cricket board in the world can manage ... pathetic organization by BCCI.
 
It's embarrassing but you can't label it as all incompetence of bcci. They can't control weather But they are capable of changing venue and they should do it, Even we Indians aren't happy the way Bcci organising and seeing empty stadiums in other matches.
 
This ground is not just humiliating for BCCI but also dangerous for the players playing on that ground. These players can be Indian players as well so BCCI should take care of their own players if they can leave alone the foreigners.
 
Atherton on coms "It looked like Adil Rashid wanted to dive for the ball but avoided it because of the poor outfield conditions. He could have undone his knee. It was wise of him to just escort the ball to the boundary"
 
Poor pitch. The fielders for both Bangladesh and England were operating at about 80% today, don’t blame them as they don’t want to pick up a serious injury and miss the rest of the tournament. (and beyond.) It was more of a 300 than 350 wicket but the hazardous outfield put paid to Bangladesh’s chances of restricting England.
 
Even at the Wankhede, players seem to be jamming their knees in the turf frequently. Not great conditions

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