With the April sixth Indian Premier League (IPL) fixture between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Tremendous Giants coinciding with the pageant of Ram Navami, the Cricket Affiliation of Bengal (CAB) has written to the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) to reschedule the match.
This transfer got here after the Kolkata Police and the native authorities knowledgeable the CAB officers that they received’t be ready to offer sufficient safety for the fixture as a result of Ram Navami festivities.
“We had lengthy discussions with the authorities and the police the place they made it clear that it received’t be potential to offer sufficient safety because of the festivities, regardless of it being a day fixture. We’ve now requested the BCCI for a rescheduling, and hopefully, we may have readability over the following couple of days,” CAB president Snehasish Ganguly advised Sportstar from Kolkata.
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Nonetheless, sources within the BCCI indicated that with a packed schedule, it is perhaps tough to reschedule the fixture. Somewhat, there are discussions on whether or not the sport may very well be moved to a distinct venue.
“We’ve acquired a proper request from the CAB and are at the moment exploring the probabilities,” a supply within the BCCI stated, indicating that it’s in dialog with the respective groups and the logistics groups to determine an answer.
Final 12 months, too, an identical scenario arose when a KKR house match coincided with Ram Navami, resulting in a rescheduling.
Nonetheless, with LSG’s possession ties with Kolkata-based industrialist Sanjiv Goenka and the addition of captain Rishabh Pant to the workforce, the cricket followers of Kolkata are in search of an answer to the deadlock.
“The demand for the tickets will probably be excessive for the match, and we’re hopeful of discovering an answer on the earliest,” the supply stated, including that with each groups having per week’s hole in between, the deliberations of another is on. Whereas KKR will play CSK in Chennai on April 11, LSG will host Gujarat Titans at house on April 12.