Hambantota to host Asia Cup games

[{"selector":"#anim-24da24f0-a511-4c4d-9bfd-137e1fc36d66 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(54.61425783053515%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The Asia Cup bandwagon is set to shift to Hambantota, a coastal town in Southern Sri Lanka. All the Super 4 games and the final, originally scheduled for the capital city of Colombo, will now take place in Hambantota owing to prevailing weather conditions in the island nation.

[{"selector":"#anim-14c24e06-979f-40dc-8388-d5c4ad65ee10 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(34.21005268729662%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] All participating teams have been informed of this change, and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is expected to make an official announcement soon. The teams that have completed their last league games in Pakistan, will travel to Hambantota. The Indian team will now move there from Pallekele.

[{"selector":"#anim-276f3a42-bb4e-44c3-87a6-f5d8688b5de7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(34.179687404002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Cricbuzz has learned that there was also consideration given to holding the matches in the UAE. However, this option was ultimately discarded due to concerns about the players' health. Playing in the scorching and intense heat of the UAE just three weeks before the World Cup would pose significant health risks for the players, given the extreme conditions.

[{"selector":"#anim-dd4e39d5-4c86-4fbd-8235-da91bd0a197a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.578503931345764%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The ACC has also taken into account the weather patterns in Hambantota. It has been observed that the precipitation levels there are much more favorable compared to Colombo, the original venue for the Super 4 stage. In Colombo, the chances of rain in the next 10 days exceed 50 percent, while in Hambantota, the probability of rain is reportedly only 20 percent.

[{"selector":"#anim-f3e0b599-99df-424e-a67b-78a76436c9c8 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(16.774094234996497%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The moving of the whole tournament is obviously posing a lot of logistical inconvenience to the ACC with but the continental body has done the job at a war footing. Given that the next game in Sri Lanka is only on September 9 the ACC has had time to make the arrangements.

[{"selector":"#anim-7d46fd14-f8a8-4367-89b8-781858680921 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(35.234374910402764%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Meanwhile, Najam Sethi has criticised the ACC for preferring Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup. "I proposed that we play five matches in Pakistan and eight in the UAE.

[{"selector":"#anim-ae6a938c-213d-477e-a012-17775d4009a9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.03571417063974%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] This also they rejected and hinted at giving the Asia Cup hosting rights to Sri Lanka if we didn't budge," he wrote in the micro blogging site X (formerly Twitter) adding, problematic as we have seen."

[{"selector":"#anim-f71530ee-c4cd-422b-864a-c948b381eff5 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(28.90624987200394%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] "BCCI refused to accept their request. Only Mr (Jay) Shah can explain why these options were rejected and why Sri Lanka was accommodated against all reason, logic, and rationality. The choice of venues in Sri Lanka was also

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