Relaid Chepauk outfield should be good for 10 years: TNCA president Srinivasa Raj

With the ICC T20 World Cup accelerated approaching, a revamped M.A. Chidambaram Stadium is gearing up to big the extravaganza.

Chennai volition big 7 matches, six successful the radical signifier and a Super Eight clash adjacent month.

Following the decision of past year’s IPL, the TNCA decided to relay the outfield astatine the Chepauk stadium successful mentation for the planetary event.

“We hadn’t worked connected the outfield for much than a decade, and we felt it was clip to rework it, particularly with weeds starting to grow. We removed the writer and laid caller Bermuda grass, and this should beryllium bully for the adjacent 10 years,” said TNCA president T.J. Srinivasa Raj.

“When we removed the grass, we besides enactment successful a caller drainage strategy successful spot to guarantee that if determination is rain, the lucifer tin commencement successful 40 minutes aft the rainfall stops. We person installed much intersection pipes truthful that h2o tin drain successful antithetic directions and assistance america get the crushed acceptable quickly.”

Regarding summons sales, the president said that of the full 36,000 tickets, astir 11,000 volition beryllium disposable to the public, portion the remaining volition beryllium distributed among the ICC, BCCI, TNCA subordinate clubs, and different authorities institutions.

Though India doesn’t person a group-stage crippled here, if the large teams suffice arsenic expected, the Men successful Blue could play Australia successful a Super Eight fixture successful Chennai connected February 26.

“Considering Chennai is simply a cricket-loving city, we expect 60% attendance for the non-India games, particularly the evening fixtures,” helium added.

Shorter TNPL

Even arsenic preparations for the World Cup are underway, the TNCA has started readying for the 2026 variation of the TNPL. This twelvemonth volition beryllium a landmark one, arsenic it volition beryllium the 10th edition. However, fixed the packed cricketing calendar, the TNPL this twelvemonth mightiness beryllium shorter, with much double-header games and venues restricted to conscionable 2 from the accustomed four.