BCCI's Rajiv Shukla reminded that Green Park had never witnessed an abandoned match, although he conceded that the drainage system does need an improvement.

Rajiv Shukla pointed to the ground's age and ownership structure to highlight the difficulty of redoing its outfield

Rajeev Shukla, the BCCI vice-president, has come out in defense of Kanpur's Green Park as a Test venue. This comes after rain played spoilsport in the recently-concluded 2nd Test between hosts India and Bangladesh at this venue.