00:00Latest news break coming in, something that will deeply embarrass us,
00:05especially where the national capital of the country is concerned
00:08amidst worsening air in Delhi.
00:10India versus Sri Lanka match has now been postponed.
00:12First ODI between India and Sri Lanka, which was to be played on December 13th,
00:17has now been shifted from Delhi to Vishakhapatnam.
00:20The venue change has been made following a request
00:22from the Delhi and District Cricket Association.
00:25All of this in view of the potential weather disruptions
00:28and the proposed renovation work at the stadium.
00:30Deeply embarrassing coming in that Delhi hasn't been able to fix its air quality
00:36because viewers, this is really not the first time that a sporting event has been cancelled
00:40or postponed, shifted in the national capital due to its terrible air quality.
00:47I'm joined right now by my colleague Nitin Srivastava,
00:50who's going to give us details on what has really ensued.
00:53Nitin, deeply embarrassing for the national capital
00:57that we cannot host a match coming in December due to our air quality with Sri Lanka.
01:03Not the first time that a match in Delhi has been cancelled or postponed due to its air quality.
01:10Well, the first match between India and Sri Lanka has been postponed or you may say that it has been
01:17shifted
01:17from Delhi to YSAG.
01:19Why? Because the DDCA had requested BCCI to shift the venue
01:23because the stadium is going under renovation.
01:27That is something that is primarily the reason of shifting this first match between India and Sri Lanka.
01:33And secondly, BCCI in the media release there mentioned that it's also one more reason is there that is weather
01:41disruption in the month of December.
01:44So you can say, you know, the main reason of shifting this game is the Arun Jaitli stadium renovation
01:49because it was already planned in December that the stadium will go under renovation.
01:55And as far as the schedule of this tournament is concerned, it was well planned before.
02:00You know, in the month of March, BCCI announced the domestic fixtures in Sri Lanka tournament was already there.
02:06But at this time, when the, you know, DDCI decided the stadium needs renovation, they requested BCCI please shift this
02:13game to another venue.
02:15And after consultation with all the office bearers, BCCI decided to move this game.
02:19That is what the main reason is.
02:22Well, that is also deeply embarrassing for the national capital because this is not the first time.
02:26You can go back in history and we've had earlier occasions where sporting events have been moved, shifted, postponed, cancelled
02:34from the national capital during these months where Delhi's air quality is abysmal.
02:41All right. Thank you, Nitin, for joining us.
