BCCI president Anurag Thakur, who is currently in the thick of controversy over the lodha Committee recommendations and the Supreme Court's alleged jibe against him, here on Saturday while appreciating the Holkar Stadium, its ground and facilities, assured that Indore which has become the 22nd official test venue of the Indian cricket, will get more Test matches.
Calling the India-New Zealand Test match at Indore a good experiment, the BCCI president said that the process to take the five-day game to smaller cities will continue.
“We have taken an initiative to take Test matches to smaller cities. The decision to hold the same in Indore proved right. In future also, we will take it to such cities,” Thakur told mediapersons just before the commencement of the third and the final India-New Zealand Test Match at Holkar Stadium.
Thakur who was here to watch the third test match between India and New Zealand at the Holkar Stadium, refused to comment on the lodha Committee's recommendations since the matter is sub-judice. However, at the same time he said that the committee’s recommendations are not in the interest of cricket.
For the first time in the history of Indore, a Test is being played here.
The BCCI chief also praised the efforts of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) in conducting the Test here. ‘MPCA has done a wonderful job,’ Thakur remarked.
"We are thankful to the people of Indore for showing so much of enthusiasm for the Test match between India and New Zealand,” he said.
The cricket body, in its Annual General Meeting in November last year, had granted Test cricket status to cities like Indore, Pune, Rajkot, Vishakapatnam and Dharamshala.