On Tuesday, former Indian all-rounder, Yuvraj Singh criticized the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) for not keeping the “reserve day” provision in the knockout games in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Yuvraj shared his frustration on Twitter after Punjab exited the tournament as their quarterfinal match was washed out due to rain.
The former India all-rounder, who retired from international cricket earlier this year, also took a jibe at the BCCI as he tweeted: “Or is it domestic tournament and it doesn’t really matter?”. Batting first, Tamil Nadu had only scored 174/6 in 39 overs. In reply, Punjab was cruising in the game as they had scored 52/2 in 12.2 overs before persistent rain stopped the play.
After the match was abandoned, Tamil Nadu entered the semifinals as they had won nine matches in the league phase, four more than Punjab who had won five matches.
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Tagging BCCI in his tweet, former India all-rounder wrote, “Again an unfortunate result for Punjab against Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare tournament, again Punjab cruising and game abandoned due to bad weather, and on points we don’t go to semis ! Why don’t we have a reserve day ? Or is it a domestic tournament it doesn’t really matter ? @BCCI”.
Again an unfortunate result for Punjab against TN in the Vijay Hazare tournament , again Punjab cruising and game abandoned due to bad weather, and on points we don’t go to semis ! Why don’t we have a reserve day ? Or is it domestic tournament it doesn’t really matter ? @BCCI
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) October 22, 2019
Punjab skipper Mandeep Singh praised his team’s journey in the tournament but rued the fact that they exited the tournament “without even playing the quarter finals due to rain”. Mandeep had tweeted: “Played outstanding cricket in the league stage in a very tough A/B group and qualified for the knock outs brilliantly. Now we’re out of the tournament without even playing the quarter finals due to rain. #reallydisappointed #VijayHazareTrophy #punjabteam @BCCI”.
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Out of favor Indian off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh also expressed the same sentiment as his former teammate Yuvraj and questioned BCCI for not keeping reserve days for knockout games. Replying to Madeep’s tweet, Harbhajan tweeted,” Sick rule why not reserve day for these tournaments @BCCI must look into this and change it”.
Sick rule why not reserve day for these tournaments @BCCI must look into this and change it https://t.co/4qALIVsb2f
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) October 21, 2019
The other quarterfinal match between Chhattisgarh and Mumbai was also abandoned due to rain, which led to the former advancing to the semifinals. Karnataka will take on Chhattisgarh in Semifinal 1, while Tamil Nadu face Gujarat in semifinal 2 — both of which will be played on Wednesday.
