Kanpur: Cricket lovers of the city are eagerly waiting for Thursday morning when the Shan Green Park in Kanpur will host the international Test match after a gap of five years.
The pandemic failed to dampen their enthusiasm as the first day of sales, online tickets for the match for the first Test between India and India, were sold out. New Zealand, The entry of the audience will start at 7.45 am while the play will start at 9.30 am.
The district administration is hopeful that fans from all corners of the city will go to Green Park, hence traffic diversion has been implemented to facilitate them to reach the stadium.
Host UPCA has also installed e-rickshaws at all entry points of the road to bring cricket fans to the stadium at a very nominal rate. Most entry points are about a kilometer away from the stadium. The administration will not allow private vehicles to go beyond the entry point.
The district administration has also imposed some restrictions and spectators will not be allowed to bring anything that can be thrown inside the ground.
Mandatory masks inside the stadium
Along with this, masks have also been made mandatory under the Kovid protocol. Since the Indian captain had already announced that Shreyas Iyer would make his Test debut, Kanpurites started discussing how he would perform. Shivam, a small fan, asked, “Will he repeat what GR Vishwanath did in the first innings of his Test career after scoring a century after zero.”
Cricket fans are hopeful that the Indian team, which won the T20 series this week, will continue its winning streak and a competitive game of cricket will be played. In the absence of cricket fans, both the teams completed their net session on Wednesday evening. Earlier, when their star cricketers used to come to the ground for net practice, there was a huge crowd of cricket fans. Before the pandemic, he not only used to watch practice sessions but also asked for his autograph and photographs with him. According to Venue Director Sanjay Kapoor, the match will start at 9.30 am and the first session will end at 11.30 am. After a break of 40 minutes, the second session will start at 12.10 pm and end at 2.10 pm. The last session of the day will start at 2.30 pm and end at 4.30 pm.
The pandemic failed to dampen their enthusiasm as the first day of sales, online tickets for the match for the first Test between India and India, were sold out. New Zealand, The entry of the audience will start at 7.45 am while the play will start at 9.30 am.
The district administration is hopeful that fans from all corners of the city will go to Green Park, hence traffic diversion has been implemented to facilitate them to reach the stadium.
Host UPCA has also installed e-rickshaws at all entry points of the road to bring cricket fans to the stadium at a very nominal rate. Most entry points are about a kilometer away from the stadium. The administration will not allow private vehicles to go beyond the entry point.
The district administration has also imposed some restrictions and spectators will not be allowed to bring anything that can be thrown inside the ground.
Mandatory masks inside the stadium
Along with this, masks have also been made mandatory under the Kovid protocol. Since the Indian captain had already announced that Shreyas Iyer would make his Test debut, Kanpurites started discussing how he would perform. Shivam, a small fan, asked, “Will he repeat what GR Vishwanath did in the first innings of his Test career after scoring a century after zero.”
Cricket fans are hopeful that the Indian team, which won the T20 series this week, will continue its winning streak and a competitive game of cricket will be played. In the absence of cricket fans, both the teams completed their net session on Wednesday evening. Earlier, when their star cricketers used to come to the ground for net practice, there was a huge crowd of cricket fans. Before the pandemic, he not only used to watch practice sessions but also asked for his autograph and photographs with him. According to Venue Director Sanjay Kapoor, the match will start at 9.30 am and the first session will end at 11.30 am. After a break of 40 minutes, the second session will start at 12.10 pm and end at 2.10 pm. The last session of the day will start at 2.30 pm and end at 4.30 pm.
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