Bengaluru has been dealt a serious setback forward of the Ladies’s World Cup, with the long-lasting Chinnaswamy Stadium reportedly set to overlook out on internet hosting matches for the marquee ICC event beginning September 30, 2025. The Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation is beneath the scanner because the didn’t get the police clearance by August 10.
In accordance with a report on PTI, the BCCI had directed the KSCA to safe the required clearances by final Saturday, however native police officers confirmed that the method stays incomplete as of August 12. The report additional instructed that the Greenfields Stadium in Karyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram, has emerged as a doable various venue to host the matches scheduled in Bengaluru.
M Chinnaswamy Stadium was initially set to host event’s opening sport that includes India on September 30. It’s also the venue for 4 different matches between England and South Africa (October 3), India and Bangladesh (October 26), the second semifinal on October 30, and the ultimate on November 2.
The Karnataka authorities’s powerful method has forged doubt over the town’s future as a venue for main occasions, particularly with the T20 World Cup scheduled for early subsequent 12 months and the IPL. The federal government lately denied permission for the Maharaja Cup, which was subsequently moved to Mysuru. The KSCA needed to shift the continuing Maharajah T20 Trophy to Mysuru even after deciding to conduct it behind closed doorways on the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The state physique was compelled to maneuver the event after the one-man D’Cunha Fee deemed the Chinnaswamy Stadium “unsafe” for large-scale occasions.
The state authorities appointed the fee to inquire into the stampede on June 4 right here, during which individuals died and a number of other others had been injured in the course of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL victory celebrations.
In accordance with ICC rules, the host affiliation should hand over the stadium to the worldwide governing physique at the very least 30 days earlier than the event begins, with no different matches allowed throughout that window.
Regardless of this, the Greenfields Stadium is slated to stage Kerala Cricket League (KCL) fixtures from August 21 to September 7. Nevertheless, KCA officers stay optimistic that the T20 video games could be shifted to an alternate venue if the World Cup fixtures are allotted to them.
“We now have backup venues, if the World Cup matches are shifted right here. However as of now we’re ready for a closing affirmation,” sources near the event instructed PTI.
