Floor preparation and infrastructure in full swing for ICC males’s ODI World Cup Cricket event at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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Because the ICC Males’s One Day Worldwide World Cup inches nearer, Chennai and the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium will likely be on the centre of consideration as it is going to host India’s first match of the event towards Australia on Oct. 8. With the preparations now in full swing, ICC’s head curator, Andy Atkinson, visited the venue on Friday to take inventory of the pitch and the outfield.
TNCA secretary R.I. Palani informed The Hindu, “It’s a routine inspection carried out earlier than an enormous event. He was delighted with all of the services and the work now we have completed. We’ve all the pieces in place to host the video games, and he was even pleasantly shocked that now we have issues in place already.”
Because the finish of the IPL in Might, no matches have been held on the venue, permitting the TNCA to do some upkeep work on all of the pitches within the sq..
Forward of the World Cup, new LED lights have been put in within the 4 floodlight towers, that are 40-50 % extra vitality environment friendly than the outdated lamps.
The stadium — which is able to host 5 World Cup league matches — underwent a big revamp not too long ago, with new stands on the pavilion finish that had been opened earlier than the India-Australia ODI held earlier this 12 months in March.