There have been speculations in latest days that these matches is perhaps moved to Hambantota resulting from heavy rains in Colombo.
The choice was reached after discussions between the ACC, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Pakistan Cricket Board(PCB), and the official broadcaster.The broadcaster cited difficulties in relocating their tools and employees to Hambantota on such quick discover as a major issue within the resolution.Curiously, it was SLC that originally recommended Hambantota as a substitute venue for the 5 Asia Cup Tremendous Four matches and the ultimate, as town had been experiencing a drought within the previous weeks, making it a extra possible possibility for internet hosting the matches.
The Sri Lanka-leg of Tremendous Four will probably be began with a recreation between India and Pakistan on September 10 on the R Premadasa Stadium.
This would be the second time India will tackle Pakistan within the Asia Cup.
The league match between the 2 sides was rained off after India made 266 all out, courtesy fifties from Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya.
The ACC additionally briefly dabbled with the thought of shifting the matches to Pallekele and Dambulla solely to desert it later.
Whereas Pallekele too has been experiencing heavy rains, the Rangiri Worldwide Stadium in Dambulla is underneath upkeep to put in new floodlights and some different amenities.
Each of India’s group matches had been affected by rain.
The a lot anticipated India-Pakistan conflict on the Pallekele stadium in Kandy was known as off after one innings resulting from heavy downpour on Saturday, whereas India’s match towards Nepal on Monday was additionally truncated resulting from rain.
(With PTI inputs)
