Punjab Sports Minister writes to BCI after Mohali misses hosting 2023 World Cup

Punjab Sports Minister Gurmit Singh Heyer wrote a letter Friday to Indian Cricket Control Board (BCI) President Roger Vinnie urging him to allocate several World Cup matches to his state. Punjab Sports Minister Gurmit Singh Heyer wrote a letter Friday to Indian Cricket Control Board (BCI) President Roger Vinnie urging him to allocate several World Cup matches to his state. India set to host ICCI Cricket World Cup 2023 later this year. In a letter to the BCI president, Punjab claimed there was "no fair sense of play" in the match schedule for the showpiece event. 토토사이트

"The Punjab is famous in the long and wide reaches of the earth for its old tradition of unrivaled courage, unparalleled hospitality, and unwavering faith in worldly ideals. The land of these warriors, blessed by gurus, saints, philosophers and poets, has fostered ideals of peace, sympathy and community affinity since primitive times," the minister wrote to Vinny.

Strongly insisting that Punjab host some matches at the upcoming ODI World Cup, the minister said India has given them to some of the most famous and famous cricket stars in Vishan Singh Bedi, Mohinder Amanat, Yashpal Sharma, Madan Lal, Nabjot Singh Sidhu, Kharbajan Singh, Yubman Gill and Arshdeep Singh.

"Also, in sports stadiums, Punjab has a reputation as the nation's leader and jockey. Regarding national fad like cricket, Punjab is legendary biz, Lara Amarnath, Vishan Singh Bedi, Mohinder Amarnath, Yashpal Sharma, Madan Raal, Nabjot Singh Sidhu, Singhheinder , Singhheinder, Singdra, Singhheinder, Singhha.

"The IS. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium in Mohali has an excellent record of hosting the 1996 Wills World Cup and the 2011 World Cup semifinals (excluding two league meetings) in addition to two T-20 matches in 2016," the minister added in a letter.

Earlier in an exclusive interview with ANI, BCCI Vice Chairman Rajiv Shukla said Mohali, the only cricket ground in Punjab State to host international matches, was not allocated a World Cup match because it did not meet the standards set by the International Cricket Association (ICC ).

In a letter to the BCCI president, the minister called on the nation's top cricket governing body to clarify the ICC's standards that Mohali could not meet, and also asked Vinny to clarify whether the ICC sent teams to inspect and evaluate the facilities and infrastructure of PCA stadiums.

"I want to know what criteria Mohali judged unsuitable for the game," the minister said. "In addition, the India-Australia International T20 match was held in September 2022, and the ODI World Cup match, including two semifinals, was held in the past, and the ICC should visit Mohali Stadium to check the standards."

He claimed that Mohali's PCA Stadium is "one of the best stadiums in India, as well as one of the most famous stadiums in the world."

a sense of fair play

"Mohali is always the first choice for cricket fans. Mohali has an international airport and the city also has better infrastructure and proper hotels for the team to stay in," he added.

"But the ICC World Cup schedule in October and November this year is to allocate games to Punjab, which fully believes in a fair sense of play," he added in the letter.

Urging the country's top cricket governing body to correct this "ideal" at the earliest, the minister said it would be "good for justice to allocate a few meetings to Punjab and not get into trouble."

"The exclusion of Mohali in Punjab from the list of cities hosting the tournament is due to political interference," Hayer said earlier. "The Punjab government will raise the issue to the BCCI."

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