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Apparently the BCCI has just dropped the list of venues for the CWC2023.
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I am very surprised that Bengaluru, Guwahati Lucknow,Indore and Rajkot made the list. To me, this seems entirely political. These stadiums/ cities do not deserve to host World Cup matches due to stadium size and cleanliness(Bengaluru),city cleanliness, hospitality and connectivity factors.

I would have considered Pune, Mohali, Kochi and Nagpur instead.

Also seems the final is scheduled for Ahmedabad. Politics will mean that they schedule the semis at Rajkot and Lucknow.:abuse:
 

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Indore and Rajkot need to make way for Mohali and Jaipur as far as I'm concerned, not the highest capacity grounds either but at least they have IPL teams there, should be a no brainer
 

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IPL franchise shouldnt be the basis for hosting a World Cup game. Sawai Man Singh has fallen off the radar for quite some time now. Doesn't surprise me that it doesn't feature in the list.

The BCCI spent quite a bit of money in getting stadiums ready in other cities. Should have put them to good use.
 

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How true is this?

I should stop responding to click bait and speculative journalism.

The ICC confirmed that the WT20 would go ahead as planned.

 

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Meanwhile, ECB trying to bring Sunak into the side for CWC 2023! Could work out well for them....:Cheersmate: I just hope India doesn't employ the same trick to get Mr Modi inot the XI

 

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We have Rahul.

Modi has been replacing Rahul everywhere though :grinning:

That said, I wouldn't mind a certain Lalit Kumar Modi coming back to Indian cricket. Might as well bring in some parity to the IPL structure nd help develop the game. Had he not been kicked out, IPL would have had 12 teams by now.
 

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Great spine shown by the PCB here.

Pakistan could play their World Cup 2023 matches in Bangladesh


I do hope it comes to this... My prediction is that the CWC will be jointly hosted ,just like in 2011. Had SRL qualified already,this would have been settled by now. But kudos to the PCB for standing upto Jay Shah
 

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Great spine shown by the PCB here.

Pakistan could play their World Cup 2023 matches in Bangladesh


I do hope it comes to this... My prediction is that the CWC will be jointly hosted ,just like in 2011. Had SRL qualified already,this would have been settled by now. But kudos to the PCB for standing upto Jay Shah
What about Knock-Out matches then?
 

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It has been quashed by the ICC immediately anyways and the BCCI has apparently guaranteed that all the teams will receive their visas properly on time.
 

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