After the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB )’s IPL victory, Chinnaswamy will host cricket matches for the first time after a stampede near M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 4 June.
The stadium is one of the hosts of the Timmappia Memorial Trophy of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), which is a multi-day pre-season tournament played with a red ball with 16 teams. The Chinnaswamy Stadium will host the six matches of the competition, including a semi -finals and the finals from 26 September. However, the audience will not be allowed in the stadium.
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Vijay Shankar, Shashank Singh are among the top Indian stars participating. The tournament includes teams of Mumbai, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal, Chhattisgarh and others.
Chinnaswamy’s return to the cricket calendar has come at a time when RCB has broken its silence on social media on this tragic stampede. Last week, the franchise had announced a assistance amount of Rs 25 lakh to the families of the deceased, as well as promised long -term action for better mob safety and management.
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The site has been the center of ongoing tussle between KSCA, Karnataka government and the state police – since June 4, along with the franchisees, all the police are being investigated by a member tribunal.
Apart from this, KSCA has also faced problems with local regulatory bodies, including the Electricity Supplies Department, which has cut the power of the venue due to not following the fire safety rules. The No Objection Certificate was not received till Wednesday (3 September). The venue uses generators and solar energy for its needs.
As a result, the police did not allow the KSCA to host the Women’s World Cup, causing Chinnaswamy to lose five possible matches including the first match of the tournament, the semi -final and the final on November 2.
The state franchise-based T20 competition Maharaja Trophy also had to be shifted out of Bengaluru for this reason, as the police rejected the proposal to hold a tournament in the closed doors of KSCA. The tournament was eventually held at closed doors in Mysore.
At the end of last month, a committee appointed to investigate the stampede by the state government considered Chinnaswamy “unsafe” for large events. The Commission “strongly recommended” that large events should be transferred to places that would be “better” to handle a huge crowd. After this, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka DK Shivkumar unveiled the government’s grand scheme to construct a cricket stadium with a capacity of 60,000 spectators in a 75 -acre sports complex in the industrial suburb of the city.(agency)
