Spare the Players

The ACTF and the AITA are doing a Mohammad-bin-Tughluq with the Gujarat NRE Coke ITF Women's Circuit Tennis 2005, being played at Ahmedabad in 42-degree Celsius temperatures. Organising such a tournament during schoolchildren's summer vacation to attract more kids to the ground could have been a praiseworthy plan had the weather been congenial. So, the idea was interesting but the execution left much to be desired. But then again, India, including Ahmedabad, hosts day-long cricket matches in similar, if not more oppressive, weather conditions.