![]() ![]() In an unprecedented move that is going to raise plenty of eyebrows and add more chaos to the ongoing Asia Cup, hosts Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that a reserve day has been allotted for the India-Pakistan game in Colombo on Sunday – the only match in the Super 4 stage to get that treatment.With the 2019 edition of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup set to begin on May 30, we look back at the most memorable moments from the tournament’s four-decade-long history. Pakistan team Babar Azam tosses the coin, watched by Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma before the start Asia Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at Pallekele, Sri Lanka. (READ MORE)Īsia Cup: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh coaches cry foul over extra day for India-Pakistan game We all know that their bowling attack is quite good and when you don’t play against such attacks often it makes a bit of difference in main tournaments,” Gill said. We don’t play against Pakistan often as we do against some other teams. “At this level, you would have played left-arm seamers anyway. Opener Shubman Gill, while playing down their trouble against left-arm pacers, believed their recent struggles against Pakistan had more to do with them not playing them often and not being familiar with their attack. India's Shubman Gill plays a shot during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Nepal in Pallekele, Sri Lanka on Monday, Sep. ‘Sometimes, there is no technical flaw’: Shubman Gill on India’s issues with Shaheen Afridi With the World Cup looming, they are taking extra possible care to keep the unit intact. Rather, they are embracing the challenge, where despite minimum training schedules, are making the most out of everything. Despite juggling between Pakistan and Sri Lanka because of the hybrid model in play for the Asia Cup, not once have they come across as a unit that will use it as an excuse. (Reuters/AP)įor a team where emotions can occasionally tend to run high, they look a different pack this time. Pakistan's fast bowling unit with a left-arm wrist-snapper and a couple of right-arm finger-flickers have drenched the cricketing world in nostalgia. The Goodfellas in Asia Cup: Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, & Haris Rauf with the 90’s nostalgia But because of the rains this time, I had to bring more” he said. “We took about 100 labourers for a match, otherwise there are 60 skilled workers and if needed I borrow them from Pallekele, Galle, Hambantota. ![]() Dabrera has been doing this for 20 years, but he is in no mood to take chances. Ever since it became clear that the tournament will run into bad weather, Dabrera, who has around 60 ground staff under his umbrella, hired around 50 more labourers for the Asia Cup, fully aware of the challenge ahead.Īnd for a week, he has been training his boys about how to bring the covers on, keeping a stopwatch in hand. Being the national curator of Sri Lanka Cricket, it has been challenging not only for him, but even for his 100-odd groundstaff, who have been doing an incredible job despite the heavy rains that Colombo has witnessed over the past fortnight. It has been that sort of a week or so for Dabrera and his groundstaff. I haven’t even had time for a smoke break,” he says even as his groundstaff are checking with him if they can step out for a tea break. Blowing smoke rings Dabrera says, “Hold on…been a very busy couple of hours. It’s only 10 minutes after the Super 4 fixture between India and Pakistan at the R Premadasa Stadium began at 4:40 pm, one hour and forty minutes late into the reserve day. In a small room next to the sight screen, Godfrey Dabrera is resting with his legs on top of another chair with a lit cigarette in one hand. ![]()
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