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‘Kya foonk rahe ho bhai’ – Fans troll Indian Management for scheduling India vs Netherlands ODI WC game on Diwali festival
The schedule of the ODI World Cup in India has been rescheduled after a long wait. Different boards raised issues around the schedule. Apart from this, even police departments of different states raised the issue of security as some of the games were scheduled to be played at festivals. One of the games was on October 15 between India and Pakistan.
On that day, a lot of Indians will celebrate the first day of the festival of Navratri (the festival consists of nine days). This game will now be played on October 14. Apart from this, India’s last league game against the Netherlands has also been shifted. The game was meant to be played on November 11, but has been shifted a day later. On that day, a lot of Indians will celebrate Diwali (the festival of lights)
India’s revised schedule in ODI World Cup 2023
| Date | Day | Match | Venue | Time (IST) |
| 8-Oct-2023 | Sunday | India vs Australia | Chennai | 2:00 P.M |
| 11-Oct-2023 | Wednesday | India vs Afghanistan | Delhi | 2:00 P.M |
| 14-Oct-2023 | Saturday | India vs Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 2:00 P.M |
| 19-Oct-2023 | Thursday | India vs Bangladesh | Pune | 2:00 P.M |
| 22-Oct-2023 | Sunday | India vs New Zealand | Dharamsala | 2:00 P.M |
| 29-Oct-2023 | Sunday | India vs England | Lucknow | 2:00 P.M |
| 2-Nov-2023 | Thursday | India vs Sri Lanka | Mumbai | 2:00 P.M |
| 5-Nov-2023 | Sunday | India vs South Africa | Kolkata | 2:00 P.M |
| 12-Nov-2023 | Sunday | India vs Netherlands | Bengaluru | 2:00 P.M |
The schedule of other teams shifted too
Apart from India’s schedule, the schedule of teams such as defending champions, England, Bangladesh, former winners Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, four-time-time semifinalists, South Africa has been changed.
The England vs Bangladesh game has been changed from Day Night to Day game. Pakistan vs Sri Lanka has been shifted from Oct 12 to Oct 10. Australia vs South Africa will now be played on October 12 instead of 13th. Bangladesh’s game against New Zealand has been changed to day game from day night.
This is how Twitter reacted
I remember the 2011 CWC in which the IND vs WI match was on the day of Holi.
Not sure about the thinking behind it but many people in the comment have mentioned that Diwali is not celebrated that much in Bengaluru.— Srijan Das (@srijann25) August 9, 2023
In the 1987 Reliance World Cup, India had played Australia on Diwali 22nd October at New Delhi. It's idiotic but nothing new.
— Vikas Agarwal (@VikasAgarwalll) August 9, 2023
Keep thinking of everything- ground availability, weather, occasion, etc etc and you are done with organising a WC.
I think this takes a lot more than just sitting and tweeting 👍— Mohit Bararia 🇮🇳🏏 (@MohitBararia7) August 9, 2023
Time for one more version of the schedule 🤣
— Rabin SK (@RABINSK) August 9, 2023
Cash paisa nakad gold@JayShah sahi bola na mein pic.twitter.com/QWXDUfSPbq
— Pulkit Saraf (@Pulkit_Saraf) August 10, 2023
I think time for another reschedule😂
— Dr. Muhammad Ateeq Azam (@docateeqazam) August 9, 2023
https://twitter.com/omkarmadav/status/1689251669945749504?s=20
Making sure every Indian celebrates #HappyDiwali
Very Intelligent move🥲 pic.twitter.com/AfIOnbMXhH— Dr. Rahul Chakravarty (@rahul7464) August 9, 2023
I remember last time we had a match in Bangalore during deepavali was way back during 2013, where Rohit scored his iconic 200 against Australia. What a match it was and that Faulkner innings 👌👌
— . (@cricketpreetham) August 9, 2023
bro first Navaratri and now diwali . bcci do be smoking some serious shit
— Frog (@016_Frog) August 9, 2023