Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) secretary K John Manoj on Monday rubbished rumours that his association will not host the Bangladesh Test scheduled from February 13.
“Let me set the record straight that the HCA has never ever shown reluctance to host the Test. We are issuing tender notice for in stadia advertisement today. Also we are set to sign a deal with TCM (Twenty First Century Media) within a day or two. I don’t know who spread all these rumours,” Mr. Manoj told PTI.
Asked about fund crunch, he said: “Every association needs clearance from the Supreme Court and everyone has got allocated funds cleared by the apex court. Did any of the Test matches stop. And let me tell you we have organised for enough funds to host the Test match, which will procure through in stadia rights.”
Mr. Manoj went on to say that they in fact have made arrangements for Bangladesh to come a bit earlier as they would like to play a three day warm-up game.
“In fact, Bangladesh wants to come a week early for practice match. We have enough funds for that also. Therefore, I believe it is some BCCI officials, who probably are disqualified, want to spread baseless rumours. So I put it again: Hyderabad is hosting the Test match,” Mr. Manoj said.
