SL in Ind: BCCI moves 2nd T20 to Ranchi from Delhi

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to move the second match of the 3-match Twenty20 Series between Sri Lanka and India from Delhi to Ranchi after the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) informed BCCI that it will not be able to host it.

The second match, scheduled to be played on February 12, has been shifted to Ranchi, one of the venues on the BCCI shortlist.

According to reports BCCI secretary, Anurag Thakur had sent DDCA a stern email letter asking them get the requisite clearances from the various civic authorities necessary in order to host the match. 

However DDCA had failed in its mission despite getting an extended deadline and approaching the Delhi High Court seeking its intervention to obtain clearance.

“The DDCA wanted the court to ask the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to provide the provisional occupancy certificate. However, the court, which had facilitated the conduct of the fourth Test between India and Sri Lanka in the first week of December, refused the relief sought by the DDCA on this occasion,” a foreign report said.

“We have informed the BCCI today that we will not be able to get the clearance from MCD in time after complying to norms,” Chetan Chauhan, DDCA acting president had told Press Trust of India. 

“We told the BCCI officials that we will have all the compliance certificates ready for World T20, but it will not be possible to get clearance before February 12 and then get clearances from state's fire and electrical department,” he added.