EDEN GARDENS STADIUM
On Friday asked the ICC to reconsider its decision of taking away the India-England World Cup group match from the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata(27/02/2011).
ICC to decide confident that the stadium can host the crucial India-England match.
Tournament director & chief administrative officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said.
This comes after Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya, also a former ICC president, on Thursday appealed to the BCCI to advise the international body to reconsider its decision.
Referring to the 14-day extension given by the ICC to four other venues.
Including Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium to complete the finishing work, Dalmiya, a former BCCI president & secretary, asked for an extension of ten days from Thursday up to 7 Feb to hand over a complete Eden Gardens to the game's apex body.
The ICC took the decision following an adverse report from its venue inspection team that visited venues earlier this week to review their readiness for the big event being hosted jointly by Bangladesh, India & Lanka from 19 February 2011 to 2 April 2011.
Apart from the India vs England encounter,
Eden Gardens is supposed to host three other games :
South Africa vs Ireland (March 15)
The Netherlands vs Ireland (March 18) and
Zimbabwe vs Kenya (March 20).
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