DDCA to sell tickets for World T20 semis from 26th March

The tickets for the World T20 semi-final, to be held in New Delhi on 30th March will be made available for booking from Saturday (26th March), Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) vice-president Chetan Chauhan said on Wednesday. There was a speculation that the match may be shifted out of the capital as the DDCA’s plea to use the RP Mehra block was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday.

Strong doubts had surfaced about the venue over the past couple of weeks, with talk of the match being shifted elsewhere after the cricket association had failed to secure a clearance certificate from the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) for one of the Feroz Shah Kotla stands.

Chauhan confirmed the situation in an impromptu press announcement in the media lounge at the stadium during the closing stages of England’s Group 1 match against Afghanistan. “All the doubts have been cleared now. The permission to allow the Mehra block has been given to us by the court till December 2017. We will make the tickets available online from March 26 through the site bookmyshow.com,” Chauhan said during.

“I am pleased to announce that all necessary permissions have been received, and tickets for the RP Mehra Block will go on sale from 26 March,” he told reporters. The issue was centred around the RP Mehra Block of the stadium, which houses the old club house. In a previous case pertaining to the venue, the Delhi High Court ruled that the Mehra Block could not be open to the public till SDMC clearance was granted for the structure. About 2000 seats are housed in the Mehra Block, which is behind the bowler’s arm, which the ICC wanted open to the public for the semi-final.

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