As the haze worsened, many Sri Lankan players returned from lunch wearing face masks before complaining to umpires, who halted play for 20 minutes to consult with team doctors and match officials. The match resumed but was interrupted twice more as bowlers Lahiru Gamage and Suranga Lakmal left the field mid-over with breathing difficulties. “We had players coming off the field and vomiting,” the Sri Lanka coach Nic Pothas told reporters after the match. The acting president of India’s cricket board was also unimpressed and said he would write to his Sri Lankan counterpart about the incident. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/APSchools were shut and doctors declared a public health emergency in Delhi last month as pollution levels spiked to levels 40 times the WHO safe limits, likened to smoking at least 50 cigarettes in a day.

Source: The Guardian December 03, 2017 15:47 UTC