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BCCI confirms Indian cricketers will use Organising Committee lodging at 2026 Asian Video games in Japan, addressing earlier considerations about room high quality.
Shreyas Iyer will lead a full-strength Indian workforce on the Asian Video games. (PTI Photograph)
The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has indicated that the Indian cricketers competing on the 2026 Asian Video games in Japan subsequent month will keep on the lodging organized by the Organising Committee after controversy over their high quality.
Considerations have been raised over the scale of the rooms — some images went viral on social media exhibiting the rooms to be twin-sharing ones with two single beds — significantly whether or not they could be enough for athletes travelling with cricket gear and baggage.
Shukla mentioned that the cricketers is not going to be staying on the twin-sharing rooms however in separate ones, organized by Indian Olympic Affiliation, Asian Video games Organising Committee and Japan Cricket Affiliation.
“No matter they (organisers) are offering, we’re staying there, and we’re preserving a watch on what sort of lodging is being given in order that our gamers are comfy. Undoubtedly these aren’t five-star, however good lodging,” Shukla mentioned on the send-off ceremony of the Indian contingent, as quoted by PTI.
Japan Cricket Association CEO Naoki Alex Miyaji had earlier defended the arrangements, mentioning that athletes from a number of different sports activities could be staying in additional fundamental amenities, together with a cruise ship and container accommodations. Miyaji additionally mentioned cricket groups would have the choice of arranging their very own lodging in the event that they weren’t happy with the amenities supplied by the organisers.
That appears to have been organized for the cricketers.
“No matter has been provided to our cricketers, that lodging we’ve obtained the images all the way in which and the movies additionally of that, so I feel it’s comfy. They (cricketers) will probably be going and staying there as a result of in any other case the choices have been to make them keep in Osaka or Tokyo that’s distant,” Shukla added.
“The issue was that Nagoya hasn’t obtained many accommodations. Tokyo is an hour and a half by bullet prepare, so is Osaka. However within the Asian Video games, all of the members are like households, it doesn’t look good that some groups keep in Tokyo and a few in Osaka so it has been determined that our gamers will stay at lodge lodging there (at Nagoya),” he mentioned.
The lodging concern gained prominence after India and Pakistan directors reportedly raised considerations concerning the general amenities, together with the sector of play, being supplied for cricket on the Video games. Shukla mentioned that was at all times the larger concern.
“The large concern was the bottom, wicket and dressing rooms. They (organisers) have addressed these issues. Asian Cricket Council’s workforce had gone there and now they (ACC workforce) are happy with the bottom, the wickets and dressing rooms, all the things is ok.”
The lads’s workforce will go away for Tokyo on September 20 and play a historic T20 in opposition to Japan on September 22.
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Ask News18Considerations have been raised concerning the high quality and measurement of the rooms, with some images exhibiting twin-sharing rooms, which have been deemed insufficient for athletes with cricket gear and baggage. The preliminary preparations weren’t thought of five-star, resulting in dissatisfaction amongst some groups.
Ask News18September 08, 2026, 20:52 IST
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