Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Full-member cricket boards have called for their representatives to visit Japan immediately to assess the facilities being provided to cricketers amid concerns over accommodation standards. The issue was discussed during an ACC meeting, with concerns particularly focused on the size of the rooms allocated to players. The rooms are reportedly considered too small for two cricketers to comfortably share along with their kitbags and luggage.
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“It is a genuine problem, since the rooms are very tiny. If one player opens a kitbag, there won’t be much space left to stand. We are trying to figure out a solution to this problem,” a source familiar with the matter said.
The source said the majority of boards at the meeting showed little disagreement with the facilities being provided, although the size of the accommodation emerged as a genuine concern. One board member reportedly warned that if the facilities were not up to the required standard, the board could consider sending a B team instead of its full-strength squad.
Amid the discussion, a representative from a full-member board suggested that representatives of the full-member nations should travel to Japan immediately and assess the facilities firsthand.
The representatives would then provide feedback to their respective boards, following which a final call could be taken on whether the facilities meet the required standards for the participating cricketers.
India won the gold medal in the last edition of the Asian Games, thanks to their higher ranking after the final was washed out. The BCCI named a strong squad for both the men’s and women’s editions, with the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana in the mix.
INDIA MEN’S T20I SQUAD FOR ASIAN GAMES
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma (vice-captain), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Jasprit Bumrah.
INDIA WOMEN’S T20I SQUAD FOR ASIAN GAMES
Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), G. Kamalini (WK), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil*, Radha Yadav, Nandni Sharma.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
