Cricket
Twitter was flooded with reactions criticising BCCI and Hyderabad Cricket Association for poor planning and poor infrastructure.
Updated : Oct 14, 2017, 12:39 PM IST
Fans were left disappointed as the final T20 International match between India and Australia was called off due to a wet outfield on Friday. It also meant that that the three-match T20 series ended tied 1-1.
The two captains Virat Kohli and David Warner, umpires and match officials decided that no play could be possible because of a soft outfield at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. According to the umpires, the outfield was so sodden that there was no real chance of play despite the fact that it did not rain for quite a while.
After the match was cancelled, social media was flooded with reactions criticising BCCI for poor planning and poor infrastructure. The tweets blamed BCCI and HCA for not having a proper drainage system at the stadium. Many were also critical of the scheduling of the matches during the monsoon season.
Here are some tweets:
If there is no rain and you still have to call the game off because of "Wet Outfield", then Shame is the only word.
— सज्जन लौंडा (@Sajjanlaunda) October 13, 2017
2rs ka infrastructure,Stadium maintenance poor management @BCCI #INDvAUS
— SAURAV (@imsaurav55) October 13, 2017
This is irritating No rain but play delayed due to wet outfield.. Poor stadium #INDvAUS
— pinky (@veekshu_) October 13, 2017
#HCA has poor Infrastructure. Administrators with no sports sense are ruining the beautiful game of cricket. Shame on @BCCI #INDvAUS
— Mazahir Rizvi (@TheQambar) October 13, 2017
Keep giving marks to crowd, what about giving marks to bcci/hca who was not able to conduct a match due to wet outfield.
— Nachiket Patel (@Nachippat) October 14, 2017
What a disgrace that a T20I has to be abandoned owing to wet outfield. Shame on @BCCI and the Hyderabad CA. Also, what is Rai's COA doing?
— Lokendra Pratap Sahi (@lpsahi) October 14, 2017
Such a poor drainage system forcing series decider to call of evn being no rain since afternoon@BCCI #INDvAUS
— Deepak goduhan (@goduhandk) October 13, 2017
Gaya match (bhains) pani main :D #IndvsAus #HyderabadRains #wet #outfield @BCCI @StarSportsIndia
— Saketh Rasakatla (@saketh_rascala) October 14, 2017
Bad scheduling. Whn monsoons stay in South till 15th Oct how could they schedule match in Hyd? Could have played it in North India #INDvAUS
— Uttarabhadra (@SaysItSo) October 13, 2017
@BCCI out of 49 venues in India, selectively all rainy destinations were chosen for t20 #INDvAUS
— Vikrant Yadav (@vikrant235029) October 13, 2017
Fans to wet outfield#IndvAus pic.twitter.com/m9VQkuMDMQ
— Monica (@monicas004) October 13, 2017