BCCI pitches committee to inspect Kochi on Friday

Venkat Sundaram will arrive in Kochi on Friday to inspect the pitch and ground for the first ODI.

The chairman of the BCCI pitches and grounds committee, Venkat Sundaram, will arrive in Kochi on Friday to inspect the pitch and ground at the Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium, the venue for the first one-dayer between India and Pakistan, scheduled to be played on April 2.

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Former BCCI pitches and grounds commitee chairman G Kasturirangan will accompany Sundaram, according to S Haridas, secretary, Kerala Cricket Association (KCA).

Kasturirangan had inspected the pitch a couple of days earlier and had expressed satisfaction on the progress of the work. "The outfield has improved by leaps and bounds," he had said after the inspection.

Dinendra Kashyap, Ernakulam city police commissioner, visited the stadium on Thursday to see the arrangments.

General convener T C Mathew said special arrangements had been made to sell tickets in denominations of Rs 2,000, Rs 3,000 and Rs 5,000 at the stadium on March 25 (Good Friday) and March 27 (Sunday), since these two days were bank holidays.