Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood an✨d his Bangladesh counterpart Chandika Hathurusingha on Friday expressed displeasure over the unilateral decision to provide a reserve day for the Super 4 match between India and Pakistan.
Earlier in 🌃the day, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that the Indo-Pak match could resume on September 11 if the rain plays spoilsport on September 10.
Howev🐼er, the other maౠtches will not have a reserve day though rain is predicted in the Sri Lankan capital through the Super 4s.
Hathurusingha said he was not aware of the reason behind the sudden change in🔥 Aܫsia Cup playing conditions.
“There is a technical committee (in Asia Cup) represented by every participating country – 6 nations. They might have decided it for some other reason,” the Bangladesh coach said during the pre-match press conference ahead of their Supe﷽r 4 match against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Hinting that no move w💯as made to take a consensual call on the issue, Hathurasingha said his team also would have liked to have a reserve day.
“It is not ideal, and we also would have liked to🤡 have an extra day,” he added.
Hathurusingha also hinted that the officials concerned did not consult other teams before arrivi𒁃ng at the decision.
“🐻But I don’t have any more comment on this because theꦿy have already made a decision and had they consulted us earlier we would have given our opinion,” said Hathurusingha.
Silverwood said he was surprised when conveyed about the decision to have an ext♏ra day for the Indo-Pak match.
“Yeah! Look, I was a little surprised when I heard it 🌄first. But we don’t organise the competition, so we can’t do a whole lot about it, right?” asked Silverwood.
The Lankan coach also said the reserve day could give a bit of an unfairﷺ advantage to either India or Pakistan if they manage to log in points on that particular day.
“To be hꦚonest, I see it only becoming a problem if it provides points to the teams, and affects ﷽us,” said Silverwood.
