New Delhi, Dec 11: Legendary Sunil Gavaskar urged Cricket South Africa to take a leaf out of Eden Gardens’ book after rain forced the abandonment of the first T20I between India and South Africa at Durban without a ball being bowled.
Gavaskar said the South African board should follow the Eden method of covering the whole perimeter of the ground during the rain to minimise the damage.
“What the boards need to do now is to cover the entire ground. Let’s have no excuse. Everybody (cricket boards) is getting a lot of money. Let’s make no mistake.
“All the cricket boards have got plenty of money. If they say they don’t, they are lying,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.
“They might not have as much money as the BCCI. Fair enough. But every board has got money to buy these covers to cover the entire ground,” Gavaskar said.
Kolkata’s Eden Gardens is currently the only stadium in the country to have the facility to cover the whole ground in the event of rain, an initiative taken by Sourav Ganguly when he was at the helm of the Cricket Association of Bengal.
“I think there was one Test match at Eden Gardens called off. During the next game, Eden Gardens had the entire ground covered. That is the kind of initiative that you want to have,” Gavaskar added. (PTI)
Gavaskar to CSA: Follow Eden Gardens’ model of covering entire ground during rain
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