IND vs WI: Watch - Players Leave The Ground Due To Absence Of 30-Yard Circle; Ravichandran Ashwin Reacts

IND vs WI: Watch – Players Leave The Ground Due To Absence Of 30-Yard Circle; Ravichandran Ashwin Reacts: There was a small delay in the start of the third T20I of the five-match series between Hardik Pandya-led India National Cricket Team and the Rovman Powell-led West Indies National Cricket Team at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Tuesday, August 08.

The reason for the delay was a bizarre one and the West Indies openers as well as the entire Indian team were forced to walk off the ground for a few minutes.

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first in the match. The players of both teams reached in the middle but the play didn’t start and there was an unusual delay. The on-air commentators informed that in a massive blunder, ground staff forgot to mark the 30-yard circle. The players headed back to the pavilion and the ground staff took a couple of minutes to put the markers, before the commencement of play.

IND vs WI: Watch The Bizarre Incident Here:

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— No-No-Crix (@Hanji_CricDekho) August 8, 2023

It’s not an easy place to tour for reasons like this – Ravichandran Ashwin

Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took to Twitter to react to the bizarre incident and said that West Indies is not an easy place to tour.

“Unique delay! It’s not an easy place to tour for reasons like this. As a cricketer, one has to be switched on all the time and always expect the unexpected. All the best to @ybj_19 Go well Chinni Paiyaa,” Ravichandran Ashwin tweeted.

Unique delay! It’s not an easy place to tour for reasons like this.
As a cricketer one has to be switched on all the time and always expect the unexpected.

All the best to @ybj_19 ?? Go well Chinni Paiyaa ?#INDvsWI

— Ashwin ?? (@ashwinravi99) August 8, 2023

Earlier, Ravichandran Ashwin had also slammed the Cricket West Indies for the poor infrastructure and highlighted that the pitches in the Caribbean are getting slower.

“If the infrastructure is like this in their Test center, then how hard their cricketers should work to get better? Because once they practice under these conditions and suddenly, when they come to India and play on a slightly quicker surface, it will be difficult for them to adjust.

“The pitches have become slower in West Indies. We should put a lot of effort into pitch maintenance. They are just cutting the grass and rolling it through in the name of pitch maintenance. I have already spoken about this topic. That’s the easiest way to prepare a pitch. Because then the pitch will become dead and slow.”

“Once the cut grass gets air and with time, the pitch will start turning. Obviously, there was a bit of effort in pitch maintenance during the Test series from their end. But their infrastructure is not up to the standards when compared with other international teams,” Ashwin further stressed.