Post-BCCI secy’s visit, PCA, UTCA may co-host bio-bubble for domestic matches
| Chandigarh |
December 2, 2020 6:45:38 pm
The New PCA Mullanpur International stadium, which is under construction, has been named after late Maharaja Yadavindra Singh. Singh, father of Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, had played for India in one Test match in 1934.
On a day when BCCI secretary Jay Shah accompanied by BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal visited the Punjab Cricket Association’s Maharaja Yadavindra’s Singh International Stadium at Mullanpur apart from visiting UT Cricket Association’s facilities in Chandigarh to take stock of the stadiums and facilities for the planned unapproved domestic schedule, possibility of UTCA and PCA co-hosting and providing venues for the bio-bubble to be created by BCCI has emerged.
While the BCCI has invited replies by each state association giving them four options comprising only Ranji Trophy, only Syed Mushtaq Ali (SMA) T-20 trophy, both Ranji Trophy and SMA T-20 Trophy, and both SMA T-20 trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy till December 2, the decision about the hosting venues and six bio-bubbles venues by BCCI will be decided later.
“BCCI secretary Jay Shah and treasurer Arun Dhumal visited the Sector 16 Stadium and Mahajan Cricket Ground and they have liked the venues. Covid-19 is fairly under control in Chandigarh as compared to other venues and the BCCI secretary feels that a regional-level bio-bubble can be created at Chandigarh along with PCA’s new stadium at Mullanpur and other grounds. We believe that if the Tricity is selected, then Syed Mushtaq Ali T-20 Trophy will be the best option under the current scenario and whenever domestic competitions start, it will be a big relief to all the players,” said Sanjay Tandon, UTCA president, while speaking to The Indian Express on Tuesday.
While Shah and Dhumal had arrived in Chandigarh on Monday and visited Sector 16 Stadium, the BCCI secretary had visited Dehradun to see the facilities in Uttrakhand last week. Shah and Dhumal evaded the media on Tuesday as they headed to PCA’s new stadium at Mullanpur first before visiting the UTCA’s Mahajan Cricket Ground in the afternoon.
