The World Test Championship closing between India and New Zealand in Southampton will be held in the presence of 4000 spectators, Hampshire County Club head Rod Bransgrove has stated.
The COVID-19 scenario has improved in the UK and round 1500 individuals had been allowed to watch the county recreation between Leicestershire and Hampshire on the Ageas Bowl, which hosts the WTC closing from June 18.
“We’re staging a four-day county game from today and for the first time since September 2019 fans were allowed for a cricket match in England. The other county games of this round will begin tomorrow and those games too will see crowds,” Rod Bransgrove, the pinnacle of Hampshire County Club, informed Cricbuzz on Wednesday.
Bransgrove informed the web site that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the ICC are allowing a crowd of “4000 people” in the eagerly awaited clash.
“I understand 50 percent of the permitted crowds will be taken by the ICC for its sponsors and other stakeholders and we will be selling the rest 2000 tickets. We have already received more than double applications from the fans,” Bransgrove stated.
“It is a high-interest game and there is a good demand for it.”
The Indian workforce, at present quarantining in Mumbai for two weeks, depart for the UK on June 2.
Virat Kohli and his males will bear a 10-day quarantine in Southampton however are anticipated to be allowed to practice in the course of the interval.
“We are waiting for the Indian team to complete their quarantine in India and arrive here. We are ready to host them,” Bransgrove stated.
