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India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI at Delhi: DDCA earns Rs 6.81 crore

DDCA has earned Rs 6.81 crore from the second One-day International between India and New Zealand at the Feroz Shah Kotla.

The expenditure for India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI at Kotla, has not been prepared though, according to Chetan Chauhan, a former India opener © PTI
The expenditure for India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI at Kotla, has not been prepared though, according to Chetan Chauhan, a former India opener © PTI

New Delhi: Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) has earned Rs 6.81 crore from the second One-day International between India and New Zealand at the Feroz Shah Kotla. “DDCA earned Rs 6.81 crore from the ODI match. 30,000 people watched the game. Earnings from ticket sales is Rs 3.09 crore, one of the highest in history of DDCA,” senior vice president Chetan Chauhan told PTI. The expenditure has not been prepared though, according to Chauhan, a former India opener. He added, “But we are sure to make profits after expenditure report is prepared.” The report, after being prepared, will be submitted to Justice Mukul Mudgal. The Kotla had hosted New Zealand’s warm-up game before the beginning the three-match Test series in September. Full Cricket Scorecard, India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI

Meanwhile, Delhi chief coach KP Bhaskar on Saturday blamed the maladministration that has plagued DDCA as a reason for team’s poor show against a formidable outfit like Karnataka. Delhi succumbed to a humiliating innings and 160-run defeat at the hands of Karun Nair’s boys. An irate Bhaskar pulled no punches after the match. “In Under-23, we had 45 players playing. So how long is it going to take for them to reach to the Ranji Trophy level? If things don’t improve, there might be a situation, where 50 players will be playing for Delhi in the eight Ranji Trophy games,” Bhaskar stated. “Things need to be put in place but at least there’s a start with Justice Mudgal taking some initiative. let’s hope things improve.”

Pointing out that the team was short on practice as they did not play any tournaments in the build-up to season, he said: “See we are used to playing 40-over games. We don’t have three-day formats, we don’t really play the Buchi Babus and the KSCA [tournaments]. I got the team two days before [the start of the season]. There was not much of mental preparation. Whatever was happening is whatever they were doing on their own. So I really don’t know. So that is something which we need to work on, the system has to fall into place, we have to have more opportunities of playing exposures and try to build a team before getting into the Ranji Trophy.”

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