Sri Lanka tour to India 2009

Former spinning great Bishan Singh Bedi termed the DDCA's Sports Committee as monstrous, and wanted to form a Cricket Improvement Committee.

Match referee Alan Hurst classified the pitch as 'unfit', almost certainly ensuring an international ban for Kotla.

Harbhajan Singh said practice games should have been held first on the Kotla wicket before the ODI against Sri Lanka.

Fans can get their tickets refunded till January 5, the Delhi and District Cricket Association said.

The DDCA brought back old hand Radhey Shyam as the chief curator of Ferozeshah Kotla.

Gautam Gambhir said Match Referee Alan Hurst did the right thing by abandoning the fifth and final India-Sri Lanka ODI.

Former BCCI Pitches and Grounds Committee chairman Daljit Singh said the Kotla pitch was by no means an unplayable surface.

Sports Minister MS Gill said the abandonment of the 5th ODI at the Kotla was a great embarrassment for the country.

Anil Kumble was scathing in his criticism of the Kotla pitch and said to avoid future incidents, accountability was a must.

In a match that had more off-field drama than on-field, there were still some significant statistics involved.