Owing to the tussle for complimentary tickets between the cricketing bodies i.e. Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) and the BCCI, the latter has now decided to shift the venue for the second ODI match between India and West Indies. The match was supposed to happen on October 24, 2018, at the Holkar stadium but now will take place at the Visakhapatnam’s Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium. The BCCI took to Twitter and also sent out a press release to inform the fans about the updates of the match. Upcoming India-West Indies ODI in Indore Under Cloud. 

“The second Paytm ODI to be played between India and Windies will now be held at Visakhapatnam’s Dr Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium. The match was originally scheduled to take place at Indore’s Holkar Cricket Stadium on 24th October 2018,” read the press release.

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Ahead of the match, MPCA secretary Milind Kanmadika said it was impossible to host the match in such a limited time. He also went on to say that the board has not got any clear instructions for the BCCI for hosting the match.

While speaking about the issue of complimentary tickets Kanmadika said that the BCCI needs to clarify about the “10 per cent complimentary seats are kept only for BCCI or there is the provision of 10-10 per cent each for BCCI and state associations,” on the basis of the new constitution. Kanmadika said that the BCCI demanded 1,300 complimentary tickets for the sponsors but owing to the limited capacity of the stadium, they would not be able to do so.

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