{"id":292957,"date":"2023-10-25T08:24:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292957"},"modified":"2023-10-25T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T08:24:34","slug":"joe-root-on-poor-air-quality-at-cricket-world-cup-match-couldnt-breathe-it-was-like-eating-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/%d1%81ricket\/joe-root-on-poor-air-quality-at-cricket-world-cup-match-couldnt-breathe-it-was-like-eating-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Root on poor air quality at Cricket World Cup match: \u2018Couldn\u2019t breathe, it was like eating air\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Root of England speaks to the media during a press conference at the team hotel on 22 October<\/p>\n

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England\u2019s star batter Joe Root has revealed that his teammates were struggling to breathe properly during their recent ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match against South Africa in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

The comments from Root came after air quality in India\u2019s financial capital slipped to \u201cvery unhealthy\u201d, leaving players gasping for clean air. It was also hot during Saturday\u2019s match with temperatures reaching 35C in Mumbai during the game.<\/p>\n

South Africa defeated England by 229 runs at the city\u2019s Wankhede Stadium on 21 October, marking the world champions\u2019 biggest loss in the 50-over World Cup history.<\/p>\n

Root later talked to reporters at a press conference in Bengaluru city about the air quality in Mumbai and said the experience was akin to \u201ceating air\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve not played in anything like that before. I\u2019ve obviously played in hotter conditions, and probably more humid conditions. But it just felt like you couldn\u2019t get your breath. It was like you were eating the air. It was unique,\u201d Root said.<\/p>\n

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South Africa\u2019s middle-order batter Heinrich Klassen was crowned the Player of the Match. At No 5, he struck 12 fours and four sixes to help South Africa reach 399 in 50 overs.<\/p>\n

However, Klassen could not come out to the field after his incredible 67-ball knock of 109.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could see it with Klaasen. You could see how much it took out of him, not being able to get back out onto the field,\u201d said Root.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI mean you couldn\u2019t get away from it. You walk out onto the field and your shirt\u2019s soaking wet, and you have a lot heavier breath than you would do, and you know you\u2019ve done your fitness and stuff, it\u2019s not like you\u2019re short on that. So you are very aware of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mumbai has historically avoided the worst of India\u2019s significant air pollution issues owing to it being a coastal city.<\/p>\n

But this has not been the case in recent years. Last year, the city faced a long spell of poor air quality that extended from November to January.<\/p>\n

And air quality levels in Mumbai now regularly overshoot those in Delhi \u2013 infamous for having some of the poorest air quality indices recorded worldwide.<\/p>\n

In Delhi the air quality has hit the \u201cvery poor\u201d category this week, with concerns it could affect the Australia vs the Netherlands match in the capital on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Australian cricketer Mitchell Marsh, when asked about the air quality in India\u2019s national capital, made light of the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the only time I\u2019m affected by the air quality is when my golf ball goes up in the air and I can\u2019t see it but apart from that, absolutely no stress in mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A live air quality index ranking for cities by IQAir \u2013 a Swiss technology company that measures air quality in real time \u2013 currently shows Mumbai as the sixth most polluted city in the world, with Delhi as the second-most polluted.<\/p>\n

Three more games for the 2023 World Cup are due to be played at Mumbai, including the first semi-final.<\/p>\n

The next fixture in Mumbai will be between India and Sri Lanka on 2 November.<\/p>\n

England have three losses from four matches in the 2023 World Cup. Jos Buttler\u2019s team will be gearing up to face off against Sri Lanka at Bengaluru\u2019s Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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