The second Test between India and Bangladesh begins on Friday, September 27.
The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) is presently going through a race in opposition to time to make sure that the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur is absolutely ready to host the upcoming second and ultimate match between India and Bangladesh on Friday. Amidst all the eye being targeted on the 22-yard pitch, which is anticipated to be slower and decrease than the one in the earlier Test in Chennai, UPCA officers had been just lately knowledgeable by the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) that one of many stands on the stadium is deemed unsafe and unable to assist a full capability crowd, as reported by The Indian Express.
Specifically, considerations had been raised relating to the Balcony C stand on the Green Park Stadium, with officers warning that the construction could doubtlessly collapse if crammed to capability throughout the Test match. Given the upcoming nature of the Test match, there was inadequate time to hold out the mandatory repairs and make sure the stand’s security. Consequently, a call was made to solely open half of the stand to the general public throughout the Test match.
“The PWD has raised some issues and we have agreed that we will not sell all the tickets of Balcony C,” UPCA CEO Ankit Chatterjee advised The Indian Express.
“We have been told to sell only 1700 tickets for the stand, which has a capacity of 4,800. The repair work will continue for the next couple of days,” he added.
The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) has been suggested to shut the Balcony C stand throughout the upcoming match, beginning Friday, as a consequence of security considerations. A crew of engineers from the Public Works Department (PWD) carried out a radical six-hour inspection of the stand on Tuesday and recognized vital dangers related to accommodating a big crowd in that space. PWD officers highlighted potential hazards and strongly advisable the closure of the stand to make sure the security of spectators throughout the occasion.
“This stand won’t be able to take the weight of even 50 fans, if they start jumping after Rishabh Pant hits a six. This part of the stadium is in dire need of repair,” a PWD engineer was quoted as saying in the report.
The historic Green Park Stadium, which hosted its first Test match in 1952, is not the popular venue for worldwide matches in Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) now chooses to host matches on the newly constructed Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, which they personal, not like Green Park, which is managed by the Uttar Pradesh authorities’s sports activities division.
The infrastructure points at Green Park Stadium transcend the structurally unsound Balcony C stand. The floodlight system additionally presents a possible drawback, particularly when dangerous gentle impacts gameplay.
The stadium’s lighting issues had been evident throughout India’s final Test match in opposition to New Zealand almost three years in the past. Poor visibility in the ultimate session of Day 5 allowed the guests to safe an exhilarating draw.
In that memorable match, Indian gamers grew pissed off as they waited for improved lighting circumstances, solely to in the end settle for a draw as New Zealand’s last-wicket pair, Rachin Ravindra and Ajaz Patel, held on.
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