IPL 2023 / Controversy before IPL match in Jaipur, Sports Minister said – RCA has captured the stadium, will seal it

IPL 2023: Controversy has started even before the Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Rajasthan. Sports Minister Ashok Chandna has now expressed displeasure over the construction done by Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Stadium. Chandna, who came to inspect the stadium at around six o'clock on Tuesday evening, said- RCA has violated the MoU signed with the Sports Council. The stadium has been constructed over the allotted space. This is totally wrong. Instructions have been given to investigate it. Notice has been given. Sealing will also be done if needed.

This is the dispute

Chandna said- RCA has got two new seating boxes constructed at SMS Stadium before the IPL. RCA has captured unnecessarily. Due to the temporary stand, the employees of the sports department are not able to go to the office. He expressed displeasure about this.

There will be a match tomorrow

After a long wait of three years, the IPL match will be held at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Wednesday. In this, the team of Rajasthan Royals will face Lucknow Super Giants. This time special arrangements have been made in the stadium for the spectators. For the first time, spectators will be able to watch players without nets playing directly on the field. For this, RCA has installed special transparent glasses instead of nets in the stadium. Two new seating boxes have also been built in the stadium.

Both teams reached Jaipur

The match will start with the toss at 7 PM at the SMS Stadium. Earlier on Tuesday, the entire team of Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants reached Jaipur.

4 thousand less spectators will be able to watch the match

This time only 22,960 spectators will be able to enjoy the match in the stadium with a capacity of 27 thousand spectators. This time RCA has made special seating arrangement in the stadium. Because of this, the capacity of the audience has reduced by 4000 as compared to earlier.

Batsmen friendly pitch

To maintain the excitement of IPL, the pitch of the stadium is being prepared to be batsman friendly. The stadium has a total of 9 pitches. 6 of these pitches are for the practice of the teams. Rajasthan Royals will have matches on 3 pitches.

It is believed that the pitch has been prepared in such a way that it will help the batsmen. The ball will come easily to the bat on the pitch. Although the bowlers will also get good bounce here. Some grass has been left for this, so that the fast bowlers can get the benefit of it.

Rajasthan royals schedule

April 19 – Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, Jaipur (7:30 PM)

April 23 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals, Bengaluru (3:30 PM)

April 27 – Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, Jaipur (7:30 PM)

April 30 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai (7:30 PM)

May 5 – Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans, Jaipur (7:30 PM)

May 7 – Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaipur (7:30 PM)

May 11 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata (7:30 PM)

May 14 - Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Jaipur (3:30 PM)

May 19 – Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, Dharamshala (7:30 pm)

Big scores to be seen

Big scores will be seen in the matches of Jaipur. The long boundary here will also make the players sweat. SMS Stadium is counted among those grounds in the country which have long boundaries. There is a boundary of about 75 yards around the ground here. There have been no matches here since February. In such a situation, the ground and pitch are completely fresh.

Rajasthan won 32 out of 47 matches in Jaipur

Playing in Jaipur is special for the Royals because Rajasthan Royals have had a good performance in Jaipur. Here the Royals have won more than 68 percent of the matches. In such a situation, for the last time finalist Royals, it is believed that she can win at least 4 out of 5 matches in Jaipur. The first IPL 2008 champions Royals have played a total of 47 matches at the SMS Stadium so far. Of these, 32 have won. The Royals had won all the matches held here in 2008 and 2013.

Team with target chase wins 68 percent matches in SMS

Teams love chasing runs at the SMS Stadium. This is the reason why teams here mostly choose bowling after the toss. Out of 47 matches played in Jaipur so far, 32 teams have won while chasing. Only 15 matches have been won while batting first. Apart from this, the team winning the toss has won 25 out of 47 matches. 22 matches have been won by the team that lost the toss.

Royals are strong contenders for the title

Last year's finalist Rajasthan Royals is a strong contender for the title this time too. The combination and form of the team is the biggest reason for this. With the addition of all-rounders in the team, the team combination has become even better. This year too, the Royals are among the strong contenders for the title. The Royals are presenting a very strong claim for the playoffs.

Possible Playing XI of Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimran Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Famous Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal.