Venue Betrayal

Bad venue selection has deprived Chennai fans (and billion others on TV) of an ODI already. Now it threatens to rob them of a test match. All this because of lack of gumption shown by the former BCCI officials. In the much touted "rotation of venues" policy, simple norms of weather forecasts have been completely neglected. While the rotation policy makes sense, neglecting weather at the assigned venues makes none. Factors such as weather, distance from the venue of the previous match, distance of the airport from venue etc should be considered while finalizing venues. This would be in the best interests of the cricketers and fans. Hopefully the new BCCI takes these things into consideration in future. Here is Harsha Bhogle's latest cricket article.