Sharjah still on no-go list for Team India
Updated On: 14 October, 2021 07:30 AM IST | Sharjah | Santosh Suri
Despite the BCCI scheduling 10 IPL matches this time, including two play-offs in Sharjah, the ICC with the hosts BCCI have thought it prudent not to use this stadium for India’s matches and have preferred the modern Dubai stadium, which will be easily accessible to the fans in the twin cities of Dubai and Sharjah
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Indian players. Pic/AP, PTI
Indian cricket fans in Sharjah will have to travel to Dubai if they want to see their team in action during the upcoming T20 World Cup. The Men in Blue have not played an official cricket match at the venue since 2000, after the Indian government on April 2, 2001 barred the team from playing international cricket at off-shore venues like Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto in the wake of match fixing episode, which rocked the cricket world back then.
Despite the BCCI scheduling 10 IPL matches this time, including two play-offs in Sharjah, the ICC with the hosts BCCI have thought it prudent not to use this stadium for India’s matches and have preferred the modern Dubai stadium, which will be easily accessible to the fans in the twin cities of Dubai and Sharjah.
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