The IndiGo disaster continues to harm India’s home cricket. Whereas a number of flight cancellations compelled the age-group groups to succeed in their respective locations by bus for the Cooch Behar Trophy and the Vijay Service provider Trophy, the match officers, too, suffered.
As Bengal took on Goa in a Cooch Behar Trophy match on the Bengal Cricket Academy floor in Kalyani on Monday, on-field umpire Nitin Pandit missed out on the primary session as his flight to Kolkata was delayed. By the point Pandit, a seasoned umpire, reached Kalyani from Kolkata in a automobile, lunch was taken for Day One.
Till then, the on-field duties had been dealt with by Prakash Kumar. To assist him, an area umpire stepped in for the opening session, earlier than Pandit joined in post-lunch.
As first reported by Sportstar, the Bengal workforce reached Kalyani from Bhilai within the early hours of Sunday, after a 30-hour-long bus journey from Bhilai. Although the Board had made a provision of giving a ‘buffer’ to groups arriving late, it was mutually agreed upon by each the groups that the match will go forward as per unique schedule.
Whereas match referee V Narayanan Kutty and different workers had been on the venue on time, Pandit couldn’t make it to Kalyani as per schedule as his flight to Kolkata was delayed for lengthy. However as soon as it was confirmed that he would be capable to attain Kalyani, about three hours away from Kolkata, round lunch, it was determined that the match would go forward.
“These are tough occasions when it comes to logistics. Although the state of affairs is slowly enhancing, it’s nonetheless not in good form, and that’s why there are some challenges. However we are attempting to make sure that the tournaments go forward as per schedule,” a BCCI official stated, confirming the event in Kalyani.
The 50-year-old Pandit is a seasoned umpire, who has officiated greater than 200 home video games, throughout codecs, together with six WT20Is, two WODIs and a lone Girls’s Take a look at.
Whereas most matches of the Cooch Behar Trophy received underway on Monday, the conflict between Odisha and Karnataka in Balangir was rescheduled to Tuesday after groups reached late as a consequence of flight points.
Printed on Dec 09, 2025