Cricket Stars Choke In Toxic Air As Pollution Shrouds World Cup In India
NDTV
Ahead of their match on Monday in New Delhi, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka canceled a training session over the weekend on the advice of doctors.
India's worsening smog has been called out by global cricket stars as they compete in suffocating conditions during the men's world cup, highlighting the country's noxious air ahead of its bid to host the Olympic Games.
Several large cities which are hosting World Cup matches in the past few weeks - continue to see "unhealthy" to "very unhealthy" air quality levels, according to monitoring firm IQAir. New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are currently among the world's top 10 cities in air pollution.
Ahead of their match on Monday in New Delhi, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka canceled a training session over the weekend on the advice of doctors. Some players with asthma stayed at their hotel. The game went ahead even though the capital was ranked the world's most polluted major city last week by IQAir.
