[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Were floodlights to blame for Rachin Ravindra's injury at the Gaddafi Stadium?

[cricketjoshila]

I have seen you complain about many things that have started in India but picked up by Pakistani media. You get hostile and through fits asking what business is it of Pakistan etc etc.

Please direct the same hostility towards your own media as it seems they do the same in reverse.

See my first two posts on this thread.

 

[kingusama92]

Is it just me or was the hit too flat for this to be true?

I think he lost it in the seats and not the lights. If he had lost it in the lights, he wouldn't have lined it up as well as he did nor would it have smacked him in the face.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Is it just me or was the hit too flat for this to be true?

I think he lost it in the seats and not the lights. If he had lost it in the lights, he wouldn't have lined it up as well as he did nor would it have smacked him in the face.

Oh bro you've given another headline now.

Gaddafi stadium seats cause injuries

 

[BouncerGuy]

New Zealand Star Rachin Ravindra, Injured In Lahore Stadium, Blamed For Own Injury

The injury to New Zealand cricketer Rachin Ravindra during an ODI match against Pakistan at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium became a huge talking point ahead of the start of the Champions Trophy. In a rather bizarre and worrying incident, Rachin failed to spot the ball in the glare of the floodlights at the venue and ended up incurring a serious injury that left him bloodied on the field. While some big names in Pakistan's cricketing fraternity admitted that the LED lights at the venue seem to be causing some issue, others have refused to make corrections. Instead, they've blamed Rachin for the injury.

Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt is one of those who brushed aside the criticism the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been getting since the incident. He also feels the talks around the ICC event to be shifted to another country are also ridiculous.

"There's no point trying to make people understand when they don't want to. It's irrelevant. These are some of the latest LED lights that have been installed, so these are fine. When New Zealand players hit sixes off deliveries bowled at close to 150 kph, were the lights not working then? A player who was standing 70 meters away failed to take the catch because of his misjudgment. He is a fine fielder, but perhaps his leg slipped, and he got hurt," Butt said on a local news channel.

A Pakistan news anchor also maintained a similar stance, while also highlighting the floodlight failure that happened during the India vs England ODI match, bringing the match to a halt for a few minutes.

"Like some of the prior campaigns that stated Pakistan cannot host a tournament as big as the Champions Trophy because the stadiums are not ready, I want to ask the same people, 'What do you have to say about what happened in Barabati Stadium? That is an established stadium.' So, I want to say that these things happen. These are not big issues. Just because Rachin was hit in the face doesn't mean that PCB is to be blamed for it," he said.

There are some, however, who do feel that the PCB isn't in a state to host tournaments of the stature of the Champions Trophy.

"We don't even have the money. Whatever is done to maintain the stadiums comes from state associations," said former Pakistan cricketer Tanvir Ahmed.

Pakistan great Hanif Mohammad's son Shoaib highlighted an intriguing point, suggesting even New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell hinted at some problem with the floodlight at the Gaddafi stadium before Rachin was hit.

"Most definitely. In fact, before the whole Rachin Ravindra incident, I noticed that even Daryl Mitchell had some trouble spotting the ball when he fielding. The moment he took the catch, at a normal height, I noticed that his expressions indicated that he couldn't quite see the ball properly," he said.

"So if he too faced the same problem, something is wrong. The placement of the floodlights is a technical aspect. Rachin was standing at deep square leg, and the light was right before him. Now, that is not usually where floodlights are erected in a stadium. There is some glare due to which the ball is getting lost in the players' vision."

NDTV

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Ahmad Shehzad took PCB on target over their renovation of stadiums:

"The way Rachin was hit on the face, this is a concerning part. The player safety is of utmost importance. Is this how you spend a budget of 13 arab PKR? It takes 2 arab to construct a new stadium. Three stadiums aren't even ready yet. From the outside, everything looks good and glittery. The ones that are ready, were built in record time. But there are certain things such as this floodlight issues, the fact that the Karachi Stadium isn't ready yet. There are problems in the infrastructure of the Rawalpindi Stadium, which will now apparently take 6-8 more months to be resolved. The Gaddafi Stadium looks good but the lights look dicey,"

 

[Devadwal]

Ahmad Shehzad took PCB on target over their renovation of stadiums:

"The way Rachin was hit on the face, this is a concerning part. The player safety is of utmost importance. Is this how you spend a budget of 13 arab PKR? It takes 2 arab to construct a new stadium. Three stadiums aren't even ready yet. From the outside, everything looks good and glittery. The ones that are ready, were built in record time. But there are certain things such as this floodlight issues, the fact that the Karachi Stadium isn't ready yet. There are problems in the infrastructure of the Rawalpindi Stadium, which will now apparently take 6-8 more months to be resolved. The Gaddafi Stadium looks good but the lights look dicey,"

Oh another indian ex - player is Criticized PCB on Dicey Floodlight.

 

[IMMY69]

Here's a question..

Don't they practice fielding under the lights and don't they do that at every ground they play?

 

[Hitman]

Yes, Indian media in absolutely correct. PCB, Pakistani government and the flood lights are 200% responsible for Ravindra's injury...... in exactly the same way, Sri Lankan's team was responsible for the abandonment of 1996 World Cup semi final at Eden Gardens. One can the smiles on Sri Lankan players after they caused the fires in the stand with their match winning performances..... why they couldn't just perform badly, lose and avoid the fires?


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At Karachi, December 20. No result, the match being stopped because of crowd trouble. Toss: India. Put in on a damp pitch, Pakistan were in dire straits when Prabhakar picked up three wickets in his opening spell of five overs. However, the Indian team were forced to leave the field owing to repeated stone-throwing by the huge crowd, particularly from the galleries. The police were still struggling to control the student faction when the Indians, though reluctantly, took the field for the second time. As missiles more deadly than stones kept coming, they walked off again. With a full-scale battle between the police and the students resulting in the use of tear-gas and gun shots outside the National Stadium being heard, the abandonment of the match was a formality.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Please stay on topic and talk about the incident only instead of trolling each other

 

[The_Last_Samurai]

Here's a question..

Don't they practice fielding under the lights and don't they do that at every ground they play?

They don't practice under dicey floodlights of GADDAFI which gets players injured. At least Barabati Stadium lights didnt cause any injury to Indian or English players infact that could have worked in favour of English team as it broke the momentum of Indian batsmen...Also how shameful is a players getting injured in a newly renovated stadium. Many experts predicted that this hastly done renovation is a concern for the security of the players. The quality of renovation is compromised just to meet the deadline and then too stadiums are not fully ready...