Impact of India flight crisis on Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Photo-PTI)
SMAT 2025 Venue Change: Cancellation of Indigo flights is affecting entire India. People from different places are stuck at the airport and now BCCI has also come in the grip of this crisis. Due to Indigo crisis, BCCI had to change the venue of the knockout round matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The knock out matches to be held in Indore will now be held in Pune. These matches were earlier to be played at Holkar Cricket Stadium and Emerald High School Ground. The last 12 matches, Super League and final matches were to be hosted here from 12 to 18 December, but now all these matches have been shifted to Pune.
Now it will be in these two stadiums smat knock out match
smat Knock out matches will now be held at MCA Stadium and DY Patil Academy in Pune. Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association CEO Rohit Pandit has confirmed this. Quoting Rohit Pandit, Times of India has reported that he has told BCCI 15 days in advance that he will not be able to organize the knockout matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali. In fact, apart from the IndiGo flight crisis, there is also a World Conference of Doctors in Indore from 9 to 12 December, due to which hotel rooms are not available there.
BCCI will be in trouble
BCCI has changed the venues of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy but the world’s richest board may now have to face some serious logistical challenges. to BCCI smat four group stages of venue Players, coaches, umpires and officials from Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Lucknow and Hyderabad will have to be brought to Pune.. Apart from this, other domestic tournaments are also going on. According to reports, if the Indigo crisis continues like this, it could be a challenge to bring the 8 teams along with the umpires and other officials to Pune for the knock out matches. Apart from this, Women Under-23 T in Ahmedabad20 Trophy and Men’s Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy Too Time is running out, for which teams and officials will have to travel continuously. Now it remains to be seen how BCCI can overcome this crisis.