Eden Gardens extension rejected

Eden Garden

The ICC has rejected the BCCI's request to reconsider moving the Group B match between India and England from Kolkata. The match, scheduled to be held at the Eden Gardens on February 27, will now be played at an alternate venue, which the Indian board needs to finalise by January 31.

On Thursday, the ICC, after many deliberations, ruled out Kolkata as a host venue after its inspection team deemed the stadium unfit and expressed strong concerns about various facilities in the ground being ready in time for the game. Following the decision, the Cricket Association of Bengal president, Jagmohan Dalmiya, sent a plea to the ICC through the BCCI asking for a ten-day extension to finish the remaining work. Dalmiya received support from Shashank Manohar, the BCCI president, who sent in a separate "forwarding letter" to ICC chief executive, Haroon Lorgat, echoing the CAB's request.

However, Lorgat said the ICC could not be swayed at the last minute and conveyed his message to Manohar in an email late Friday night. "I told him the ICC could not accommodate the request," Lorgat told ESPNcricinfo. "There was too much of planning and too much of logistics that would be involved,"

                                         Eden Gardens                                                       

Kolkata, India

The Cricket Association of Bengal, DR BC Roy Club House, Eden Gardens, Kolkata - 700021

Established 1864
Capacity 90,000
Floodlights Yes
End names High Court End, Pavilion End
Home team Bengal
Curator Probir Mukherjee
Current local time 08:14, Sun Jan 30, 2011 (UTC +0530

Worker on Eden Garden

                                                                                                                         

source:-espncricinfo.com