Champions Trophy “Stadiums Aren’t Prepared”: Pakistan Cricket Board Blasted After Rachin Ravindra Damage

Pakistan Cricket Board, who’re the hosts of the Champions Trophy 2025, was on the receiving finish of some unfiltered bashing after New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra was injured whereas fielding in a Tri-series match towards Pakistan at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The venue is amongst three which is able to host Champions Trophy matches simply over every week from now. Ravindra was git on the face whereas going for a catch, however was as a substitute hit on his face leaving him blooded. He needed to be taken off the sector instantly dur to the severity of the damage. Some large names in Pakistan’s cricket opined that the newly put in LED lights could have induced visibility points for the cricketer. 

Rachin Ravindra suffered lacerations on his brow and obtained stitches, New Zealand cricket stated in a press launch. 

Pakistan star Ahmad Shehzad got here down closely on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and stated the three stadiums in Pakistan aren’t prepared correctly.

“The way in which Rachin was hit on the face, it is a regarding half. The participant security is of utmost significance. Is that this the way you spend a finances of 13 arab PKR? It takes 2 arab to assemble a brand new stadium. Three stadiums aren’t even prepared but. From the skin, every part appears good and glittery. Those which are prepared, had been in-built report time. However there are particular issues similar to this floodlight points, the truth that the Karachi Stadium is not prepared but. There are issues within the infrastructure of the Rawalpindi Stadium, which is able to now apparently take 6-8 extra months to be resolved. The Gaddafi Stadium appears good however the lights look dicey,” Ahmad Shehzad was quoted as saying by HT.

Nonetheless, former Pakistan captain Salman Butt stated that criticising the floodlights was not justified. As an alternative, he questioned Rachin Ravindra.  

“There is not any level making an attempt to make individuals perceive after they do not wish to. It is irrelevant. These are among the newest LED lights which have been put in, so these are tremendous. When New Zealand gamers hit sixes off deliveries bowled at near 150 kph, had been the lights not working then? A participant who was standing 70 meters away didn’t take the catch due to his misjudgment. He’s a tremendous fielder, however maybe his leg slipped, and he received harm,” Butt stated on an area information channel.

The Champions Trophy 2025 begins February 19 with a match between Pakistan and New Zealand.