The final match of the Duleep Trophy will have no spectators

Cricket is treading on rocky paths in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad Cricket Association has announced that the final match of the famous Duleep Trophy will be held at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium at Uppal without any spectators.

Previously, Hyderbad lost its hosting rights for the opening ceremony and match of the Indian Premier League over the Telangana issue. Since the protestors spearheading the pro-Telangana agitation disrupted a T-20 last month, the South and West Zone teams are playing the final with nobody but the policemen to cheer them on.

“We do not want to take any chances of the match getting disrupted. It is embarrassing for a big match to go on like this without any spectators getting to watch it. But things are not in our control,” says Shivlal Yadav, Vice President of the Hyderabad Cricket Association.

The players are not very happy with the decision as it would be a bad advertisement for both Hyderabad and cricket.  “If these kind of things are missed in a city, it is something you will feel bad about especially if you living in the city,'' says Dinesh Karthick, Captain of the South Zone.

It’s the cricket-loving Hyderabadis who would taste the bitter end, as the lack of specatators will not result in any financial loss to the Hyderabad cricket association because the entry to the match was always meant to be free.

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