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Newly elected Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) president Venkatesh Prasad is hopeful of securing the State government’s support to clasp the opening fixture of the upcoming IPL 2026 successful Bengaluru.
Fielding queries from reporters successful Mysuru connected December 16, Mr. Prasad, besides a erstwhile Indian seamer, said it has been a contented to clasp the opening ceremonial of the IPL connected the location crushed of the defending champions.
Despite Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) winning the trophy past year, determination was uncertainty implicit the venue of the curtain raiser for this year’s IPL successful presumption of the tragic stampede extracurricular M. Chinnaswamy Stadium successful Bengaluru which claimed 11 lives during the triumph celebrations successful June this year.
Mr. Prasad said the helium had already met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Though helium and the recently elected KSCA squad were incapable to conscionable Home Minister G. Parameshwara, Mr. Prasad said helium had spoken to him implicit the telephone and volition beryllium gathering him soon aft his instrumentality to Bengaluru from the Legislature league presently nether mode successful Belagavi.
Mr. Prasad said helium was hopeful of securing the government’s support and referred to the “green signal” from the government. However, helium said the KSCA was waiting for written support with regards to immoderate has been communicated to them “orally”.
Mr. Prasad said helium was besides successful interaction with the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI), for whom a “green signal” from the State authorities to clasp the opening fixture of the IPL 2026 successful Bengaluru was a substance of relief.
The KSCA president said Indian cricketer Virat Kohli is scheduled to enactment successful the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy to beryllium held successful Bengaluru. However, the venue of the lucifer successful Bengaluru featuring Mr. Kohli’s Delhi squad has not yet been finalised, helium said.
Mr. Prasad said the State government’s connection to physique a stadium connected the outskirts is apt for each sports activities and not conscionable for cricket.
With respect to the long-pending connection to physique an international-standard cricket stadium successful Mysuru, helium stated that specified a stadium should beryllium constructed present arsenic Mysuru is adjacent to everyone’s heart.
He besides emphasised the request for bully grounds with infrastructure for children to play and bring retired their talents. Such bully grounds are indispensable successful each mofussil areas, helium said.
With respect to a question connected IPL tickets sold successful the “black market”, Mr. Prasad said helium was not alert of immoderate specified signifier and would decidedly instrumentality enactment if it was recovered happening.
