The recently held ICC T20 World Cup 2024 ended with the victory of the Indian cricket team. Team India won the T20 World Cup trophy for the second time after 2007. Along with some great matches in the tournament, excellent performances were also seen from the teams.

Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan performed similarly in the last T20 World Cup season. However, the first semi-final match was a forgettable one for the Afghan team that reached the semi-finals after defeating big teams.

Batting first in this match played against South Africa in Trinidad, West Indies, Afghanistan was all out for just 56 runs. They had to face defeat by 9 wickets in the match, and their dream of winning the T20 World Cup was shattered. After this match, there was a lot of discussion in the cricket world about the quality of the pitch.

So now a big statement has come from the chief curator regarding the pitch of Brian Lara Stadium in Taoroba, Trinidad. The curator says that the pitch was not according to the set standards, and has accepted his mistake.

There was no quality pitch for the semi-final match

Let us tell you that the chief curator of the West Indies leg, Kent Crofton, was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz – The intention was to make a good pitch for the match, which would have something for the bowlers, but the pitch for the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup turned out to be one-sided. The preparation program for the pitch did not go as planned. Due to this, the pitch became a cracked pitch, in which speed, bounce and very uneven bounce were created.

On this issue, former England cricketer Stephen Finn said- This was really a bad pitch. The pitch was bad, due to which there was no special performance for the T20 match. This pitch was fine for the 5th day of Test cricket, but not good for T20 cricket.