India vs Sri Lanka: KSCA allows 100 percent stadium capacity for Bengaluru Test
India Today
The second Test between India and Sri Lanka, a pink ball game starting on Saturday, could witness a full house in Bengaluru.
The Karnataka State Cricket Association on Thursday allowed 100 percent crowd attendance for the second Test between India and Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, owing to a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases and high demand for tickets.
"KSCA is happy to inform that there has been very good response for viewership of the India vs Sri Lanka Day-Night Test cricket match being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore from 12-16 March 2022.
"Considering the high number of volume of response and since there are no further restrictions for spectators, KSCA will be opening up sale of tickets for full capacity of the stadium," KSCA treasurer Vinay Mruthyunjaya said in a statement.
The prices of the tickets per day has been kept at Rs 1250 (Grand Terrace), Rs 750 (E-Executive), Rs 500 (D Corporate) and Rs 100 respectively.
The venue, which was scheduled to host the first Test match, former captain Virat Kohli's 100th in the longest format, was with Mohali to felicitate a direct flight back home to Colombo for the Sri Lankans team from Bengaluru.
India won the first Test by an innings and 222 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The series is a part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.
Bengaluru last hosted a Test match in June 2018 with Afghanistan making their debut in the format.
