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Why Match Presentation Canceled in The 3rd T20?
By CricShots - Oct 14, 2017 1:09 pm
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David Warner and Virat Kohli with match officials during the final t20

The final and the 3rd T20I between India and Australia was called off due to the wet outfield. To make it even worse, the necessary match presentation ceremony was also called off as a security measure at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium in Hyderabad on Friday.

The city of Hyderabad witnessed consistent rainstorms for a period of 10 days before the match and that resulted in wet patches all over the ground. Despite putting their best of efforts from the ground staff, the wet outfield led the match officials to abandon the series decided. Waiting for more than two hours, the umpires finally took the decision to abandon the match despite the fact that the Uppal stadium was jam-packed.

Moreover, the essential match presentation was also canceled due to security issues. According to a report in The New Indian Express, keeping the Guwahati incident in mind, the ceremony was called off because the cricket fanatics often become violent. As a result, the cricketers of both the nations left the venue as soon as the match was called off. The

The report of revealed that the spectators were reimbursed with 70% of the ticket price. Citing the reason to call the match off despite best efforts, officials said that the field is built in a manner where the water accumulates in the outfield in case of a rain.