Cricket World Cup: Congress MP Manish Tewari asked why there is no match in Mohali
Chandigarh. A day after the World Cup schedule was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday asked the BCCI why Mohali was not chosen as the venue for the ODI Cricket World Cup. The ODI Cricket World Cup will start from October 5. Ever since the ICC and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the World Cup schedule on Tuesday, some opposition leaders hinted at political interference in the schedule and wondered why Ahmedabad gets big-ticket matches compared to many other venues. have been
Tiwari, MP from Punjab’s Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha seat, tagged Rajeev Shukla, BCCI and ICC, tweeting, “Why Mohali was dropped as a World Cup venue?” Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on Tuesday condemned the non-inclusion of Mohali in the list of host cities for the World Cup. He claimed that the selection of host cities was motivated by political reasons. He termed the non-inclusion of Mohali as the venue for the World Cup match as “blatant discrimination against Punjab”. He also said that this is the first time after the construction of the PCA Stadium-Mohali that the World Cup is being held in India, yet the city has not been chosen as the venue for any of the matches.
