Mumbai will host World Cup 2023 match no. 33 in between India and Sri Lanka. (Source: X)
Rohit Sharma’s Team India are preparing yourself to handle Sri Lanka in match no. 33 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. The capital of Maharashtra has actually been fighting bad air quality for a couple of weeks, a reality that has actually even triggered the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to take notification.
The BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Wednesday revealed that traditional fireworks after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 matches will not be on display screen at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi due to bad air quality in these cities.
“BCCI is delicate to ecological issues. I used up the matter officially with the ICC and there will not be any fireworks show in Mumbai, which can contribute to the contamination level. The Board is dedicated to combating ecological problems and will constantly position the interest of our fans and stakeholders at the leading edge,” Jay Shah stated.
Group India captain Rohit Sharma likewise raised issues over the bad quality in Mumbai on his Instagram account along with throughout the pre-match interview in Mumbai. The AQI in Mumbai on Thursday early morning was at 158– at ‘extremely unhealthy’ level.
“I indicate, in a perfect world, you do not desire a scenario like this, however I’m quite sure the worried individuals are taking the needed actions to prevent these type of circumstance. It’s not perfect, everybody understands that. Clearly, looking at our future generation, your kids, my kids, undoubtedly, it’s rather essential that they get to live without any worry. Yeah, every time I get to speak outside of cricket, if we are not going over cricket, I constantly talk about this, that you understand we have to look after our future generation,” Rohit Sharma stated about the Mumbai air quality on Wednesday.
Rohit Sharma’s Instagram story. pic.twitter.com/jbE786ogEJ– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 31, 2023
It’s going to be another hot and damp day for the match in Mumbai on Thursday. The temperature level will be around 37 degrees Celsius when the toss occurs around 130pm IST. The humidity will be around 33 percent.
By night the temperature level must drop to around 30 degrees however the humidity will be increasing to 53 percent. There will be some cloud cover over the ground, there is not likely to be any opportunity of rain disrupting the match.
With the bad air quality, conditions will absolutely not be simple for the cricketers in the middle at the Wankhede Stadium.