The teams of Mumbai Indians (MI) and Northern Knights (NK) will arrive here on Monday to participate in the Champions league T20 matches to be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium at Parsada in Naya Raipur from September 13.
The teams which have international players are likely to arrive here by Monday evening. From arriving at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur, the players will be taken to the hotel in buses. The teams will start the practice at the Raj Kumar College ground in Raipur.
Sources said that former cricketer Anil Kumble is likely to accompany the Mumbai Indians teams. Kevin Polard and other players are also expected to arrive. Rohit Sharma and Dhawal Kulkarni are presently in England and hence their chances are bleak. Similarly the presence of Sachin Tendulkar during the matches is unlikely.
However, the owner of Mumbai Indians team Neeta Ambani will reach on the day when her team plays the qualifier match.The team members will practice in the Raj Kumar College ground and arrangements have been made for the same at the ground. The practice will start from September 10.The first match of the tournament is a qualifier match between Northern Knights and Southern Express at 4 pm on September 13. This will be followed by another qualifier match between Mumbai Indians and lahore lions on the same day.
Preparations are going on at the stadium with administrative officers regularly monitoring the progress along with BCCI officers camping here.Curator of Chhattisgarh State Cricket Sangh (CSCS) Shameem Mirza said that preparation work at the stadium is going on steadily.
The sale of tickets for the matches is online besides from various counters in the city. The organizers believe maximum sale of tickets from Rs 100-300. This category has maximum 40,000 seats in the stadium.