Arjuna Ranatunga on Indo-Pak Reserve Day: Threat To Cricket If Rules Are Changed For One Team

Arjuna Ranatunga, a former captain of Sri Lanka, criticized the idea to add a reserve day only for the Asia Cup Super Four match between India and Pakistan on Friday, claiming that favoring one side will damage cricket.

The Asian Cricket Council’s (ACC) decision to add a reserve day for the Indo-Pak game in Colombo raised some eyebrows despite blaming adverse weather as the reason.

“Take the Asia Cup, you. Before that one game (India vs. Pakistan), the regulations that were in place before to the competition were altered. ACC is where? Ranatunga questioned, “Where is ICC?,” when speaking with a limited group of media reporters.

Ranatunga criticized the ICC and ACC for their silence and said that altering tournament rules to favor one or two teams would endanger the game.

“Changing the rules favor one team during a tournament does not sit well with me. Future tragedy is what you are staring at, the World Cup-winning captain yelled.

“I am really sorry for ICC and ACC because all they want is to keep their positions. Former cricketers often avoid opening matches out of need, he added.

Ranatunga said he wouldn’t be surprised if India’s World Cup match against Pakistan in Ahmedabad is postponed using biting sarcasm.

“I won’t be shocked if the rule is changed before to the India-Pakistan World Cup match. ICC will remain silent and just say, “OK, do it.” ICC just speaks nonsense; nothing really occurs, he said.

Ranatunga criticized the ACC for failing to explore other places for the Super 4 and final matches during the Asia Cup, such as Hambantota, due to the likelihood of rain in Colombo.

When you had areas like Hambantota, why did they play in Colombo? Cricket matches may be played there during the wet season. And for the Asia Cup, you go to Colombo. Ranatunga questioned, “What is ACC doing?

Ranatunga used the Asia Cup scheduling controversy as an illustration of how one board or person shouldn’t have too much control over international cricket.

“Why do the other nations let such to occur (poor scheduling)? because the BCCI, or a certain individual, is strong. That can’t possibly happen, however. If that was the case, they ought to have granted all the games one additional day, Ranatunga stated without naming anybody.