Quote from: Bureau on Today at 10:27:19 AM

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Asia Cup 2023: Reserve day confirmed for India vs Pakistan match in case it rains on 10 September

It seems that the ACC has sensed the frustration of cricket fans and took the right decision. If the match between India and Pakistan is not played due to the rain on September 10th then the match will resume on September 11th. Such decision could have been avoided if the tournament could have been organised in Dubai. I think they should reserve an extra day for all the Super 4 matches in this tournament. This decision might have come due to the pressure of the broadcaster. Otherwise ACC was looking least bothered if any match got abandoned or interrupted due to rain.

Why only for India and Pakistan? Ideally ACC should have given preference to the host country matches. Only picking up the match between India and Pakistan points that they don't care about other teams and their participation. They are organizing this series to benefit the broadcasting company. This is discrimination at it's lowest level and a way to put forward that except India and Pakistan matches, other matches are not that worthy to get a reserve day. Already, ACC moved the tournament from the actual host, then they went ahead and disagreed with Pakistan on hosting matches in UAE. Now, the bamboo came from Star TV & Hotstar and they flipped just like a coin falling on to the feet. Ofcourse it looks like ACC stoop to those who paid them huge for broadcasting rights of the tournament. The worst is that the host board has not come up publicly about this special gesture and neither did other boards participating in this tournament are questioning it.