On Saturday meeting, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) allocated 600 more complimentary tickets from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) share for the remaining ongoing Windies series as some state cricket associations raised questions over the new constitutions.
According to the latest BCCI constitution, the state associations have to make available 90 per cent of their tickets for the general public and only 10 per cent can be available for the complimentary tickets. Meanwhile, the BCCI was demanding 5 per cent of the complimentary tickets for the sponsors and broadcasters.
Due to this issue, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) denied to hosting the second ODI of five-match ODI series between India and Windies at Holkar Stadium (Indore) on October 24. Later, the match has been shifted to Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium (Visakhapatnam). Notably, Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) have also expressed their displeasure on the new constitution.
According to PTI, CoA wrote a letter to the state associations, “In the spirit of the mandate of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the Committee of Administrators has decided to limit the BCCI’s requirement for sponsor and other free allotments as much as possible from 1200 to 604, so that the number of complimentary tickets available to the hosting State Association is maximised.”
While BCCI’s complimentary tickets are likely to be cutting down from 1200 to 604, the 184 will be available for hospitality passes and 420 will be available for the next best category per match.
Moreover, the letter further added that the membership tickets won’t be counted under the 10 per cent complimentary tickets, which has given a huge relief to the state associations.
CoA added, “Please note that all tickets sold/allotted to members (of the host State Association) as per the terms and conditions of their membership will not be counted towards the prescribed 10 per cent limit as mentioned above.
“We trust that since the BCCI’s requirement has been reduced from 1200 to 604, the above arrangement will address the issues being faced by the State Associations and that the State Associations will come together in the greater interest of the game of cricket and honour the commitment made by them to the fans of cricket.”
