NZ vs AFG Greater Noida Stadium: The Greater Noida stadium, which is hosting the New Zealand and Afghanistan test match, is in the news for the wrong reasons. Only one test match is to be played between the two teams, but the Noida stadium management seems to be broke even in hosting it. If you notice, the history of this stadium has been very bad and it has even had to face bans.
This stadium in Greater Noida was given permission by the ICC to host international matches in 2016. At that time it was appointed as the home ground of the Afghanistan cricket team. In 2017, it hosted the five-match ODI series between Afghanistan and Ireland and has hosted many international matches after that.
had to face a ban
Meanwhile, in 2017, BCCI’s Anti Corruption Unit banned this stadium due to match fixing during a private league. After that, no event or match organized by BCCI has been held in this stadium. But due to being an ICC approved stadium, Afghanistan’s matches continued to be held in the Greater Noida ground.
Why did the match take place in Noida despite the ban?
Actually when the Afghanistan vs New Zealand Test match was confirmed, the Afghanistan Cricket Board had demanded that its match be held in Lucknow or Dehradun. Since the domestic season has started in India at this time and due to many T20 leagues being played, matches had already been fixed in the stadiums of Lucknow and Dehradun. Due to this, Noida was the last option left for Afghanistan’s match.
Afghanistan was given 3 home grounds
After the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the situation of cricket there is not very good. At the same time, citing the denial of women’s rights, many countries have refused to play series with Afghanistan. In such a situation, after the appeal of AFG, BCCI declared Noida, Lucknow and Kanpur as the home ground of the Afghanistan team this year.
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