With less than one month left for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 to begin, developments surrounding the Sawai Mansingh Stadium and the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) office have stirred attention.
The Rajasthan State Sports Council (RSSC) has taken decisive action by sealing both the iconic stadium and the RCA office.
The decision came amidst a request from the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) to extend the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the RSSC. However, the RSSC chose not to grant the extension, leading to the closure of the RCA office, along with the prestigious Sawai Mansingh Stadium and its associated cricket academy.
Sports Officer Karan Singh stated that the first MoU ended in July last year and the second MoU ended on February 21. The process to renew the MoU wasn’t completed and a sum of Rs 34 crore is still due.
MoU has ended. We have sent them notices many times. Rs 34 crore is due and hence we are here to take possession (of academy and stadium), the process that is needed to renew the MoU once it ended wasn’t done,” Karan told ANI.
Rajasthan Cricket Association President Vaibhav Gehlot revealed that RCA sent a request for the extension of the MoU and that the monetary case between the RCA and the sports council is in court.
“We have sent a request that the MoU should be extended but it wasn’t extended. We received notice two days back that the academy (RCA) and the stadium (Sawai Mansingh Stadium) will be seized by the sports council. The monetary case between RCA and the sports council is in court,” Vaibhav told ANI.