The Indian team is set to start its campaign in the T20 World Cup. The Rohit Sharma-led team will play the only practice match against Bangladesh on Saturday. India has started its practice for this, but reports are coming out that head coach Rahul Dravid is not satisfied with the training facility at Cantiag Park. Captain Rohit Sharma’s team did a net session on Wednesday and used three of the six drop-in pitches.
According to the reports, ‘A source aware of the matter said, everything from the pitch to other facilities is makeshift. In simple words, everything is quite average. The team has expressed concern about this.’ After this report came out, when the ICC was asked about this, the global body of cricket said, no team has expressed any complaint or concern related to the practice facilities at Cantiag Park.
According to this report, it is being told that the food arrangements at the venue were also not right. The players are not happy with this and have also complained about the food to the Indian Cricket Board. India will play only a practice match against Bangladesh on June 1.
Even after this, the team has to play three out of four matches of the group stage in New York, so the team will have to use this training facility. The Indian team will play matches against Pakistan, United States of America and Ireland in New York, while their last group stage match against Canada will be in Florida.
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New York’s Nassau Cricket Stadium does not have training facilities and the modular venue will be used only for matches. Cantiague Park has been officially declared as the training center for the teams by the ICC and it is at a good distance from the stadium.