Duleep Trophy gets a brand new stadium for its opening and final matches

After making a stunning comeback in BCCI’s schedule, the Duleep Trophy is all set to get a new host. The brand new Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow will host the Duleep Trophy matches will kick off in the month of September. According to the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) the Duleep Trophy matches will be Day/Night matches and will be played with the pink ball.

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However, the stadium in Lucknow will host only the opening and final matches. The rest of the matches will be played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. “The opening and final matches will be played at the Lucknow Stadium while the remaining two matches are scheduled at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur,” UPCA’s acting secretary Yudhveer Singh told HT on Wednesday.

The Duleep Trophy was excluded from BCCI’s cricketing schedule for the 2017-18 season initially. But with the objection of former Indian skipper and CAC member Sourav Ganguly, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) decided to restore the tournament. The UPCA authorities gave the tournament a green signal after the lead from the CoA. The Duleep Trophy will now take place between the 7th and the 29th of September.

“We have been communicated the schedule of the matches. We are ready to conduct the matches,” Ekana Sports City’s director Udai Sinha told HT. “We have put our best efforts to create this stadium and we can even hold international matches in future,” he said.