Rajeev Shukla defends Kanpur as venue for Test cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla came out in defence of facilities at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, which has been under criticism during the second Test between India and Bangladesh. Two days of the second Test were abandoned despite no rain on one of them during playing hours. Recently, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali claimed that no Test should be played in Kanpur in the future. Shukla defended the facilities of the "heritage ground” that its has been around for "80 years” and said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo. "When we are not giving matches to Kanpur because [of certain reasons], then also I was being criticised. Now we are giving the match, and I am still being criticised for why it has been given to Kanpur. So that goes on. You know this ground is around 80 years old. It is our heritage ground. If you remember, it used to be a permanent Test centre. So, the whole idea was to have Test matches here. This is the first time in 80 years that it rained so much that we were not able to host the match for two days,” he added. (ANI)