The cricket test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand in Greater Noida could not start on the third day as well. Due to heavy rains in Greater Noida on Wednesday, many parts of the ground were flooded. Not only this, teams could not reach the stadium due to the rain in Noida. Afghanistan Cricket Board said- ‘Due to continuous rain, the third day’s play was cancelled. If the sky clears, the match will start on Thursday with 98 overs.’ Till now, the toss of this only test match could not take place. Due to rain in the past few days, the condition of Noida stadium is bad. Due to rain and wet outfield, the first 2 days of play had to be cancelled. Earlier, this happened in the match between Bangladesh and New Zealand on 25 October 2008. When the first three days of the match were cancelled due to rain in the Mirpur stadium.
3 photos of the stadium Utensils washed with washroom water, ground dried with fan
A day before, on Tuesday, mismanagement was seen in Noida stadium. There were not enough arrangements in the stadium to dry the outfield. An attempt was made to dry the ground with electric fans, which failed. The catering staff of the stadium was seen washing utensils with washroom water. In such a situation, from the players to the officials of the Afghanistan Board, everyone looked upset. An official said, there is a lot of mess here. We will never come back here. Our players are also not happy with the facilities. The stadium has already been banned
The last international match was played here in March 2017, when an ODI series was played between Afghanistan and Ireland. At the end of this year, in September 2017, cases of match fixing in corporate matches came to light, then the BCCI banned the stadium. This was the reason why the UP Cricket Association did not pay attention to this venue. At present, this ban has been lifted. Continuous rain in Noida for two weeks
It has been raining continuously in Greater Noida for the last two weeks. There was heavy rain last night as well. The groundsmen were busy fixing the ground with the help of super sopper. Ibrahim Zadran out of the match
Afghanistan’s opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran has been ruled out of this one-off Test against New Zealand. According to a report, he sprained his left leg due to slipping during practice on the first day of the match. After which cricket officials had asked to pay more attention to the outfield. Giving this information, the Afghanistan Cricket Board said – ‘Top order batsman Ibrahim Zadran has been ruled out of the Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test and the three-match ODI series against South Africa due to a sprain in his left leg.’ Squad of both teams for the one-off Test
New Zealand: Tim Southee (captain), Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (vice-captain), Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ejaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Kane Williamson, Will Young. Afghanistan: Hasmatullah Shahidi (captain), Riaz Hassan, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Baheer Shah Mehboob, Ikram Ali Khil (wicketkeeper), Shahidullah Kamal, Afsar Zazai (wicketkeeper), Azmatullah Omarzai, Zia ur Rehman Akbar, Shams ur Rehman, Qais Ahmed, Zahir Khan, Nijat Masood, Khalil Ahmed.
