ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 – India vs Pakistan – ICC to overview Arthur’s ‘bilateral sequence’ remark
Arthur admitted after his aspect’s seven-wicket loss that with barely any Pakistan presence on the packed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the workforce was affected by the partisan crowd. Pakistani followers have been conspicuous by their absence on the floor, with no followers having acquired visas to journey throughout the border. Solely a handful of Pakistani journalists made it in time to cowl the match, and a small variety of Pakistani-origin followers who’re residents/residents of different international locations.
“Look, I would be mendacity if I mentioned it did [not affect us],” Arthur mentioned after the match. “It did not look like an ICC occasion, to be brutally sincere. It appeared like a bilateral sequence; it appeared like a BCCI occasion.”
Requested to reply to Arthur’s feedback, ICC chairman Greg Barclay appeared to downplay them because the form of criticism that’s par for the course at such tournaments. “Each occasion that we have now, there’s at all times criticisms from numerous quarters,” Barclay was quoted as saying by AFP in Mumbai, the place he was attending the Worldwide Olympic Committee Session, which voted for T20 cricket’s inclusion within the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“Issues that maybe we’ll take away and attempt to work on, attempt to do higher… so this occasion’s solely [at] the beginning. Let’s have a look at how the entire thing performs out and we’ll go away and we’ll overview what may change, what we will do higher, how we will enhance World Cups and the overall providing round cricket.
“We are going to simply take it because it performs out, get to the tip of the occasion. I am glad that it’s going to nonetheless be an excellent World Cup.”
Whereas the India vs Pakistan contest was watched by a report crowd – each on the floor and globally – the organisers haven’t but put out the official attendance.
The Ahmedabad venue is the biggest floor in cricket by way of capability with over 110,000 seats.
ESPNcricinfo has despatched a question to each the ICC and the BCCI, the event hosts. There has additionally been no response from ICC and BCCI to a question on to what number of seats have been formally placed on sale for the marquee contest. When the plan for ticket gross sales for the event was launched in late August, the BCCI had mentioned September 3 was slotted solely for the India vs Pakistan sport tickets. On October 8, the BCCI introduced it was placing an extra 14,000 tickets on sale for the match. Three days later, the BCCI put out a put up on X (previously Twitter) saying that one other set of tickets – no numbers revealed – initially meant for its official companions, was being bought.
