World Cup 2023: The BCCI creates subcommittees for national venue inspection

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has constituted a subcommittee for venue inspection and to provide infrastructure subsidies ahead of the  World Cup, which is scheduled to start on October 5. The state authorities have already been informed of the new development, and work on the entire procedure is anticipated to start very shortly.

Notably, BCCI didn’t select five new employees to serve as office bearers.

The venue inspection will be handled by the following individuals: President Roger Binny, Secretary Jay Shah, Treasurer Ashish Sehlar, Vice-President Rajeev Shukla, and Joint Secretary Devajit Saikia. On the other side, the five office holders and IPL chairman Arun Singh Dhumal will be providing infrastructural subsidies, along with former treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, former member of the Apex Council Prabhtej Bhatia, and secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association A Shankar.

The locations they will be visiting for inspection have been divided up by the office bearers in the interim. Roger Binny, a former World Cup champion and current president, would be in charge of directing the development of Chennai and Ahmedabad. Notably, the tournament’s opening game, the contest between India and Pakistan, and the decisive final will all be played at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. As a result, it is regarded as the World Cup’s most significant location.

On the other side, the semi-finals of the competition will be held in Mumbai and Kolkata, and joint secretary Devajit Saikia has been given responsibility for these two locations as well as Trivandrum, which will host a few warm-up matches.

Jay Shah, the secretary, will be in charge of Delhi and Dharamshala, Rajeev Shukla, the vice president, will be in charge of Hyderabad and Bengaluru in the south, and Ashish Sehlar, the treasurer, will be in charge of Pune, Lucknow, and Guwahati—the latter of which will only host warm-up games.

“We expect these subcommittees to work hard to accomplish our mutual aims and objectives.

Together, we can ensure the success of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2023 and raise the bar for infrastructure and development in Indian cricket, the BCCI secretary wrote to state officials, according to CRICKETMOOD.