ICC Womens World Cup: Vizag stadium decked up for marquee match between India and Australia on October 12

The City of Destiny is decked as much as host a marquee match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, between India and Australia, at Dr. YSR ACA VDCA International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

There is a giant hype for the match as all of the tickets for the match to be held on the stadium with a capability to accommodate 27,000 viewers have already been offered out days upfront.

ICC chairman Jay Shah, senior officers of the BCCI are additionally prone to be current on the metropolis stadium through the match. IT Minister Nara Lokesh, ACA president Kesineni Sivanath, Secretary Sana Satish Babu can even be current.

While the tickets for all of the matches being hosted in Visakhapatnam begin from ₹100, the identical for the match between India and Australia begins from ₹150.

“India and Australia matches at all times pull spectators, whether or not it’s males or ladies. Visakhapatnam is honoured to host such an vital match of the World Cup,” mentioned a senior official from the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA)

Stands named after lady cricketer

Ahead of this match, the ACA will announce the naming of two stands after former India ladies’s workforce captain Mithali Raj and wicket-keeper Ravi Kalpana.

The ACA has taken the choice after Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana highlighted the absence of stadium stands named after main Indian ladies cricketers, through the ‘Breaking Boundaries with Nara Lokesh’ occasion in August. Acting on Mandhana’s attraction, HRD Minister Nara Lokesh consulted the ACA, resulting in a immediate decision to honour ladies’s cricket icons by naming stands after them on the Vizag venue.

Ahead of the match, the town police have introduced the stadium underneath a thick safety blanket. Led by Police Commissioner Shankhabrata Bagchi and senior cops oversaw the safety drills performed on Saturday.