BCCI Ready to Move IPL-9 Matches Out of Drought-Hit Maharashtra: Sources

Sources say the BCCI has already put Kanpur, Indore and Ranchi on standby as alternative venues, while the KXIP games slotted to be held in Nagpur will be moved to Mohali. (Getty Images)

Faces pressure from all angles for the transfer of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches of the drought-hit Maharashtra, plans BCCI to transfer the games to other places - CNN-IBN sources said on Tuesday.
It is scheduled to host the 9 and 8 games in a row, in the IPL-9, while three will be Nagpur Mumbai and Pune to host the games. The High Court of Bombay allowed the opening match of the season between the Mumbai Indians and the high Pune Giants at Wankhede Stadium to go ahead, saying that the public interest litigation (PIL) against the use of water to moisten the stadiums and filed too late and has already made the organizers needed arrangements.But and according to sources, the Indian Cricket board has already developed Kanpur, Indore and Ranchi on standby alternative as locations, while the kings of Punjab atheist ten (KXIP) chapped Games to be held in Nagpur will be transferred to the team home ground Mohali.
The franchise KXIP court on Tuesday it was ready to convert IPL matches from Nagpur to Mohali.Meanwhile, and the Federation of Cricket Mumbai (MCA) the court had been informed that the Royal Western India Turf (RWITC) has agreed to provide 7 for said eight tankers of water a day to irrigate Wankhede pitch stadium Court .MCA that this is the only water that will be used for the purpose of IPL in the state. The House of Mumbai management written to RWITC sewage treatment.
During the last hearing, the court had questioned the loss of water for IPL when the state is reeling under severe drought.

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