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Bad air forces BCCI to shift U-23 games out of Delhi
Hindustan Times
|November 22, 2025
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has relocated the knockout rounds of the Under-23 men's cricket Trophy Elite division from Delhi to Mumbai, owing to the national capital's consistently poor air, according to official correspondence between the national body and the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), in what is the first instance of pollution levels disrupting India's domestic calendar.
The Mumbai cricket body has been asked to keep its grounds ready for the knockout matches, to be played between November 25 and December 1.
"Matches are likely to be allotted to Bandra-Kurla Complex's Sharad Pawar Academy ground and the Wankhede stadium and preparations are in place for teams to train December 23 onwards," said an MCA official aware of the matter, who asked not to be named.
With Mumbai slated to stage Cooch Behar Trophy matches starting December 1, there is a high possibility those matches will also have to be rescheduled as well.
This story is from the November 22, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times.
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