Cricket match relocated from Delhi as air pollution surges

NEW DELHI: India’s cricket board has moved an international match scheduled for December out of New Delhi because of “potential weather disruption”, as air pollution levels surged in the city. Toxic air pollution in the megacity spiked on Friday to more than 25 times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily limit, data from air monitors showed. The southeastern coastal city of Visakhapatnam will instead host the one-day international (ODI) match between India and Sri Lanka on December 1

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