“We messed up,” Venkatesh Prasad says BCCI made mistakes while organizing the World Cup

Venkatesh Prasad says hosting a World Cup is a proud moment for any country.

“We messed up,” Venkatesh Prasad says BCCI made mistakes while organizing the World Cup

Venkatesh Prasad (Image via Punjab Kings)

In the past few months, fans across the world have criticised the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the delay they took while announcing the schedule of the 2023 ODI World Cup. 

On 9th September, Venkatesh Prasad posted on X about the schedule debacle and wrote that the BCCI did mess up. Venkatesh Prasad posted, “There is no debate and doubt on the fact that we have messed up the lead up to the World Cup. Unreasonable delay in schedule in the first place and if that wasn’t enough changing the schedule hampering 5 matches in the process, if that wasn’t enough a completely non-transparent and inefficient ticket system only encouraging black marketeers.”

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Venkatesh further said it was a proud moment for India as they host the World Cup, but it has been tough for fans due to the BCCI’s terrible planning. He further urged everyone to stop being yesmen for the BCCI and start to speak up as it’s a matter of national prestige.

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Fans unhappy with the BCCI for their incompetence 

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The 2023 ODI World Cup (Image via Indian Express)

In the past few months, fans all around the world have criticised the BCCI for how they have organised the 2023 ODI World Cup. The problems began with how late they announced the schedule of the World Cup and then bringing changes to in a few weeks. Even the Hyderabad Cricket Association had requested a match to be postponed due to security concerns.

After that fans complained about how tough it was to purchase tickets for the World Cup games, with fans being put into queues and at the end, not receiving any tickets. The BCCI started selling another batch of tickets, but again fans missed out. Many fans also were not happy with the fact that they would not receive digital tickets, with foreign fans saying it would be really inconvenient for them.

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