T20 World Cup 2024: Sri Lanka, Ireland launch complaint to ICC after 7-hour-long debacle in Florida

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A number of teams have questioned the travelling arrangements of the T20 World Cup 2024. Sri Lanka, Ireland and South Africa are reportedly among the teams.

Sri Lanka and Ireland have expressed their displeasure to the ICC over the travelling issues after the two teams suffered recently after their warm-up match.

Sri Lanka and Ireland played out a warm-up match in Fort Lauderhill in Florida and had to face trouble after their match. As per reports from Newswire.lk, both teams were stranded in Florida for seven hours after the match.

The teams were supposed to reach New York to play their respective group stage matches, but the fragile arrangement from ICC made the two teams wait after playing out a day match. Instead of reaching New York on Friday evening, they reached on Saturday morning which prompted Sri Lanka to cancel their training session.

Sri Lanka have also raised a complaint regarding their hotel in New York and the scheduling of their matches. Wanindu Hasaranga and co are staying at a hotel which is one and half hours away from the training ground. Also, the Sri Lanka side will be playing their four group stage matches across four venues, while India has the luxury of playing three consecutive matches at the same venue.

The Lankans will kickstart their campaign on Monday (June 3) against South Africa at the Nassau County Stadium in New York. Ireland will also play their first match in New York as they play India on June 5.