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Miserable circumstances at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex, disappointing seepage, a drenched outfield and sad offices played spoilsport as the first day of the season of the memorable oddball Test among Afghanistan and New Zealand was canceled on Monday without a ball being bowled. Downpour had impacted the development to the Test, the principal between the two countries, with New Zealand not having the option to appropriately finish a solitary practice meeting.

Aside from short-term shower, downpour didn’t influence the setting all through Monday. In any case, the shortfall of current offices left the unpracticed ground staff attempting to set up the field as the sack of saw dust saw more activity than the players on the first day of the season.

The umpires directed upwards of six reviews over the course of the day. A few New Zealand players also emerged to survey the field, including captain Tim Southee, all-rounders Mitchell Santner and Rachin Ravindra likewise wandered onto the pitch to assess the circumstances.

Yet, the mid-on and mid wicket region appeared reason for worry while there were likewise a few patches inside the 30-yard circle.

At a certain point with the sun shinning overall quite splendid, it seemed as though the match could start off however the expectations of that were run when Kane Williamson proceed tediously towards the pitch around 2pm IST.

Indeed, even Afghanistan mentor Jonathan Trott looked unamused as the groundsmen battled. The Super soppers mysteriously came right into it solely after 1pm.

The day’s play was ultimately canceled at 4pm. The throw has been planned for 9am tomorrow and the excess four days will have 98 overs each beginning at 9.30am, rather than 10am.

In front of the Test, the ground staff had turned to utilizing table fans to dry the ground for Afghanistan’s instructional courses.

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The shortfall of present day offices stretched out past the actual field, influencing tasks off the pitch. The setting coming up short on legitimate media stand and satisfactory guest plans for fans.

Furthermore, the licensed media confronted critical burdens, including an absence of water, power supply, and admittance to a female washroom. The fans also had no clue about what was happening as there was no open declaration framework.

There was unfortunate Afghanistan’ correspondence and complete blunder between the arena authority and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB).

“This is a gigantic wreck, we are rarely returning here. The players are additionally discontent with the offices here,” an ACB official said.

“We had spoken with the concerned individuals well ahead of time and were guaranteed by the arena folks that all that will be all together (relating to the media offices),” he added, While the Test isn’t a region of the planet Test Title, it is an ICC partnered competition.

The stadium, managed by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority, had hosted a pink ball Duleep Trophy match in 2016.

Be that as it may, it had been restricted by the BCCI in September 2017 because of match-fixing during corporate matches. No BCCI partnered match has been facilitated here since.

The stadium has filled in as the home ground for Afghanistan previously.

“Nothing has changed since we came here. It’s not superior the slightest bit,” another ACB official said.

In front of the Test, Afghanistan commander Hashmatullah Shahidi had encouraged the BCCI and ACB to organize “a decent home setting” for the group “India is our home, and when we have groups, different countries have played more cricket here,” Shahidi said just before the oddball Test against New Zealand.

“Ideally, we will get a decent setting here in India and in the event that we confine ourselves to one scene, it will be viable as far as we’re concerned. Ideally, the ACB and the BCCI will get us a decent scene,” he had said.