Thursday, April 7, 2016

Dark clouds hover over the future of IPL9 matches scheduled in Maharashtra


The state of Maharashtra is in the grip of a severe drought and the huge amount of water needed to make the cricket pitches match ready is something that the state can ill afford. Therefore, the Bombay High Court has taken to task India's cricket board for its "criminal wastage" of water to maintain cricket pitches in drought-hit Maharashtra. As a result, there is a large dark cloud over the fate of the 20 matches scheduled in the state during IPL9.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 7 April 2016.
The bench rapped both the BCCI and Mumbai, Maharashtra and Vidharbha Cricket Associations while hearing two public interest pleas that want all IPL matches shifted out of the state this year. The Court has suggested that the IPL matches scheduled in Maharashtra should be sifted to some other state where water is in abundance.
The preparation of the cricket pitches for the 20 IPL matches in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur could entail use of more than 65 lakh litres of water. The Mumbai Cricket Association counsel indicated that the Wankhede Stadium was expected to use over 40 lakh litres for its seven IPL matches.
IPL chairperson Rajiv Shukla had publicly dismissed any possibility of shifting the IPL matches. His contention is that a sport like cricket needs very little water as compared to farmers who need huge amounts of water.


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