Rohit and Root raise concerns about Mumbai’s air pollution

Sri Lanka will meet India today (2) at the Wankhede Stadium Mumbai while two teams had training sessions at the Wenkade Stadium yesterday. The two countries met each other in 2011 world cup final where India team defeated Sri Lanka to take world cup under the leadership of M.S.Dhoni. Most of the Indian cricket spectators will be there in Mumbai to see this game.

Meanwhile Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma is not the first cricketer to complain about the poor air quality of Mumbai in this World Cup. England’s Joe Root also complained about it.

India captain Rohit Sharma’s latest Instagram story is sure to ring alarms about Mumbai’s weather. The Indian team landed in the city on Monday for their next World Cup 2023 match against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Rohit shared an aerial view of Mumbai from his flight. In the photo, hardly anything was visible as a thick smog covered the city. Mumbai, yeh kya ho gaya (Mumbai, what’s happened)?” Rohit captained the photo with a mask-wearing emoji.

Both Sri Lanka and India teams were scheduled to do their final training sessions before the match yesterday evening.

Mumbai’s weather has been a matter of concern over the last couple of weeks. As per CPCB, Air Quality Index (AQI) in Mumbai stands at 161 on Tuesday morning, which falls in the ‘moderate’ category. The worst air quality has been recorded at Bandra Kurla Complex where the AQI levels have touched 257, followed by Sion where the AQI stands at 218, Bandra East’s Kherwadi area (198) and Navy Nagar in Colaba (189).

The AQI for Monday was no better. It was 143 on Monday morning while it stood at 152 on Sunday. An AQI rating of 0-50 is considered to be good, 51-100 is rated as satisfactory, 101-200 is classified as moderate, 201-300 is poor and 301-400 is very poor. Above 400 AQI is rated as severe.

According to media report, the AQI breached the severe category in Mumbai’s Vile Parle barely a couple of weeks ago while Andheri, one of the busiest parts of the city, recorded an AQI of 347 on October 17.

“I’ve not played in anything like that before. I’ve obviously played in hotter conditions, and probably more humid conditions. But it just felt like you couldn’t get your breath. It was like you were eating the air. It was unique,” Root said.

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