Fans Slam Sourav Ganguly, BCCI After Women 'Manually' Clean Rajkot Pitch

Fans became angry after Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday, posted a clip on micro-blogging website Twitter which showed four elderly women working on the pitch for the just concluded second ODI between India and Australia

Fans Slam Sourav Ganguly, BCCI After Women 'Manually' Clean Rajkot Pitch/ Photo: @cricket.com.au (Twitter)

New Delhi: It hadn't been a month since the BCCI and its newly-elected president Sourav Ganguly had to face criticism after the T20 international between India and Sri Lanka in Guwahati was called off without a ball being bowled as the ground staff failed to get the ground ready on time after a brief shower. Less than a fortnight later, BCCI and Ganguly were again slammed by fans for not being able to make proper arrangement during an international cricket match in Rajkot. Fans became angry after Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday, posted a clip on micro-blogging website Twitter which showed four elderly women working on the pitch for the just concluded second ODI between India and Australia, which the hosts won by 36 runs. In the video clip, the women were seen cleaning the pitch with brushes while kneeling down on the wickets.

Pitch prep in Rajkot!

The second #INDvAUS ODI starts 7pm AEDT tonight, live on Foxtel + Kayo Sports. pic.twitter.com/oMupqDlkvO — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2020

@SGanguly99 its a shame that you don't buy equipment to maintain the pitches ... yet BCCI is the richest cricketing board

— Anirudh kakkar (@staranirudh) January 17, 2020

Globally India has the 5th largest economy and here we see cheap and poor labor without adequate equipment to do the job. Bow my head in shame 😪

— S (@satyadev101) January 17, 2020

This can't be good Absolutely shocking how they are playing with respiratory systems of those ladies Richest board or the cheapest

— Cricket Aficionado 🇦🇺🌏🌏 (@Tafe25) January 17, 2020

I can’t believe I’m watching these scenes. When you can pay huge bucks to the players why not pay 1/10th of it to maintain and buy advanced machinery to prepare and guard the pitch. Poor job by the @BCCI.

— Raju (@RajuReliable) January 17, 2020

@BCCI is the richest cricket board. COUGH! But seems, they care to spend money on players only.

— M. S. Shekhawat (@MaheshSinghSh10) January 17, 2020

Earlier in Guwahati, ground staff were seen using hair dryers and steam-irons to get the pitch ready for the match. The incident once again didn't go well with fans as they weren't happy and took no time in slamming Ganguly and the Indian cricket board.