CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: With India winning the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai by 280 runs, the Indian fans will be hoping for another clinical performance when the two sides clash in Kanpur in the second and final Test tomorrow.
The Green Park Stadium will be hosting the first international match since 2021. But, much to the spectators’ dismay, the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) has, reportedly, declared one of the stands in the stadium as dangerous.
PWD engineers inspected the Balcony C stand and have, reportedly, asked the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) to close it during match, as it was in dire need of repair and may collapse if packed to full capacity.
“The PWD has raised some issues and we have agreed that we will not sell all the tickets of Balcony C. We have been told to sell only 1,700 tickets for the stand, which has a capacity of 4,800. The repair work will continue for the next couple of days,” UPCA CEO Ankit Chatterjee told The Indian Express.
The Green Park Stadium, which is owned by the state sports department and is not directly under UPCA, has had limited international game exposure because of the presence of the relatively new and better-equipped Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
