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[PICTURE] Is it fair to play cricket in poor air quality cities?

DeadlyVenom said:
Isn't it a bit irrational that your ( I mean Indian) focus seems to be on moving the champions trophy.

These types of things need time to be rubber stamped and formalised. It cannot be done by the time of CT just to punish Pakistan ( even though currently the pollution complaints by players focus only on India).

I gave the ICC 5 years to pull together a plan because roughly it will take that amount of time and it gives the chance for boards to try to take some mitigating steps.

However perhaps I was wrong and something needs to be done sooner. Let's start from the next T20 world cup. It gives some time for mitigation but also keeps your desired urgency. Win win situation I hope you agree.
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The boards have no control over industries in India, a pressure tactic won’t be enough to make India go Green as that requires an entirely different approach.

I would say it should be upto the players, for example IPL, no player is forced to come to India, similar should be for ICC trophies.

Also the entire country’s AQI cannot be measured by New Delhi which seems to be the premise.
 
JaDed said:
The boards have no control over industries in India, a pressure tactic won’t be enough to make India go Green as that requires an entirely different approach.

I would say it should be upto the players, for example IPL, no player is forced to come to India, similar should be for ICC trophies.

Also the entire country’s AQI cannot be measured by New Delhi which seems to be the premise.
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The OP contains image of Kolkata and the title says "cities" not countries bro.

It's Indians who have focused on New Delhi or taken it as criticism of India as a country.
 
If this is implemented all cricket in Pakistan should really be stopped. Indus has quite a few venues where air quality isn't that much of an issue
 
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It was great to watch Pakistan vs New Zealand in absolute fine air quality today. One could tell from miles away Pakistan cricket team was absolute garbage.

:yk
 
Bhaijaan said:
@DeadlyVenom

It was great to watch Pakistan vs New Zealand in absolute fine air quality today. One could tell from miles away Pakistan cricket team was absolute garbage.

:yk
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Air quality is related to health and well being of players. A serious topic that for some reason Indians are taking far too personally.
 
What exactly are BCCI thinking holding a test match in Delhi in November? It's easily the worst time for air-quality in India and Pakistan, especially in cities like Delhi and Lahore where it reaches dangerous levels. I guess they want to see a repeat of the 2017 Sri Lanka test where players come out to play with face masks on, and start throwing up on the boundary.
 
Delhi To Host 2nd IND-WI Test, 1st SA Test Moved To Kolkata: Report

Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, which was announced as the venue for the first India-South Africa Test in November 2025 by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on April 3, will now host the 2nd Test of the two-match series between India and West Indies.

The second India-West Indies Test was scheduled to take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata from October 10 to 14, but now Delhi will host that fixture, whereas Kolkata will host the India-South Africa Test from November 14 to 18.

According to a report in Times of India on Wednesday, June 4, the decision to swap Test matches between Delhi and Kolkata has been taken keeping in mind the pollution in Delhi at that time of the year.

“The Arun Jaitley Delhi will now hold the second Test between India and West Indies between Oct 10-14, which was originally supposed to be held at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Kolkata, meanwhile, will now hold the first Test between India and South Africa from Nov 14-18. This has been done to avoid the players from being affected by possibly high pollution levels at that time of the year. The BCCI priotises the welfare and wellbeing of the players and their health at all times. A formal announcement regarding this swap will be made in the next couple of days," a reliable source in the BCCI was quoted as saying by TOI on Wednesday.

The BCCI took to X on April 3 to announce the schedule for Team India (Senior Men) international home season for 2025.

Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the first India-West Indies Test from October 2 to 6, and Delhi will host the second match (official confirmation awaited).

Following the West Indies series, India will face South Africa in two Tests, three ODIs and five T20Is.

Kolkata will host the series opener (official confirmation awaited), and the second red-ball match will be played in Guwahati from November 22 to 26.

The three ODIs will take place in Ranchi, Raipur and Visakhapatnam on November 30, December 3 and December 6, respectively, whereas Cuttack, Mullanpur, Dharamsala, Lucknow and Ahmedabad will host T20Is on December 9, 11, 14, 17 and 19, respectively.

www.news18.com

Delhi To Host 2nd IND-WI Test, 1st SA Test Moved To Kolkata: Report

According to a report in Times of India, the BCCI will move the India-South Africa Test from Delhi to Kolkata.
www.news18.com www.news18.com
 
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