Image Source : TWITTER/IRELAND CRICKET Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Stadium, venue for Afghanistan vs Ireland third ODI, is roofed in fog.
International cricket has typically seen matches being deserted on account of rain however there have uncommon moments when a match was referred to as off or delayed on account of weird causes like bees assault throughout a match in Sri Lanka or poor pitch situations.
And Tuesday morning noticed one of the vital weird causes behind the delay in toss when the Afghanistan vs Ireland match at Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Zayed Stadium was delayed because of the closure of the freeway, reported cricbuzz.
Has to be a primary for me,by no means seen this earlier than!🤷🏾‍♂️🙆🏾 pic.twitter.com/wX1yxBezQT— Abhinav mukund (@mukundabhinav) January 26, 2021
The freeway closure was brought on by the dense fog that has been skilled across the Gulf metropolis presently of the yr, forcing officers to dam highways on account of poor visibility. Evidently, the closure of roads precipitated each groups to succeed in the stadium late.
Afghanistan Cricket Board additionally took to Twitter to tell of the delay whereas later retweeting the match will lastly start two hours late after groups reached the stadium.
The begin of play for the third ODI of #KardanUniversityCup is delayed on account of fog in sure areas of Abu Dhabi affecting the transportation within the metropolis.#AFGvIRE— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) January 26, 2021
#UpdateAs the groups arrive on the stadium, the match is re-scheduled to begin at 11:30 AM AFT.#AFGvIRE https://t.co/jKnG1tgp5a— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) January 26, 2021
Afghanistan at the moment have an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match sequence and can nonetheless hunt a win as 10 factors of the World Cup Super League is on the stake.
The earlier two video games had been performed on the similar venue with Rahmanullah Gurbaz scoring a century within the first recreation for the Afghans whereas star all-rounder and captain Rashid Khan too chipped in with a beneficial 55 down the order.
In the second recreation, Rahmat Shah (103*) Hashmatullah Shahidi (80) guided the hosts to win after Paul Stirling scored a combating 128 to take the Irish workforce to 259.