Overview
- According to multiple reports, the BCCI has asked the Mumbai Cricket Association to host the knockout matches from November 25 to December 1.
- Delhi’s Air Quality Index hit 400 in the ‘severe’ category, and official forecasts indicate conditions will stay very poor to severe over the next six days.
- An MCA source said the board communicated that the knockout ties were allotted to Mumbai because conditions in Delhi were not suitable for play.
- The final league-stage game is scheduled in Vadodara on Friday, November 21, with fixtures for the knockout phase to be announced in the coming days.
- This shift follows the board’s earlier decision this season to move the first South Africa Test from Delhi to Kolkata due to pollution concerns.