Cricketers vomiting after playing in polluted Delhi: Sri Lanka coach
Sri Lanka coach Nic Pothas
'There were oxygen cylinders in the change room. It's not normal for players to suffer in that way while playing the game,' NIc Pothas said
His cricketers were vomitting after playing in polluted Delhi, Sri Lanka's cricket coach Nic Pothas said on Sunday.
India and Sri Lanka are playing the third and deciding Test of the three-match series at the Feroze Shah Kotla in Delhi.
India is currently leading the series 1-0.
"We had players coming off the field and vomiting," AFP reported Pothas as saying after the match. "There were oxygen cylinders in the change room. It's not normal for players to suffer in that way while playing the game."
Play was stopped a total of three times -- because of pollution -- on day two of the third Test.
The first stoppage lasted about 15 minutes.
The second lasted about two minutes.
And after the third stoppage, India captain Virat Kohli declared India's first innings at 536 for seven to get the Sri Lankans off the field.
A number of Sri Lankan players had been wearing masks on the field -- a sight never really seen before.
This is not the first time a cricket match has been stopped in Delhi.
Last November, two Ranji trophy matches were stopped -- one at the Feroze Shah Kotla and the other at Karnail Singh Stadium -- again because of pollution.
"I think it's the first time that everybody has come across that situation," AFP reported Pothas as saying.
"There aren't too many rules regarding pollution. What we are going to do tomorrow is in the hands of the match referee. They will have meetings tonight to put in some sort of a precedent if it happens like this tomorrow," he added