Buttler expresses concerns over the state of Dharamsala outfield

England captain Jos Buttler expressed his concerns about the state of the outfield at the HPCA stadium in Dharamsala. The outfield at the venue looks patchy and barren in spots, and on one of them, Afghanistan's Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman put in a dive and fell awkwardly in the game against Bangladesh on October 7. On the eve of the second game at the venue, between England and Bangladesh, Buttler said that the outfield is 'poor' and that having to hold yourself back while fielding in a World Cup game is not ideal.

"Yeah a few I think [concerns]. It's poor in my opinion," Buttler said. "Anytime you're talking about being careful diving or sort of being careful when you're fielding, it goes against everything you want to be as a team. You know you want to dive through the houses to save a run. That's obviously not ideal, the way the surface is, the outfield. But we won't use it as an excuse and we'll just adapt to it. But yeah, certainly if you feel like you're having to hold yourself back, it's not a place you want to be as a team or player, or in a World Cup match."

Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott opined along the same lines right after the first game, and revealed that Mujeeb was lucky not to have suffered a serious injury. Mujeeb's awkward fall was because he ended up jamming his knee into the hard soil which kicked up some of it from underneath. Another member of the Afghanistan team management went as far as to say that