Overview
- Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar said the state Cabinet meeting in Belagavi on December 11 will decide on permitting matches at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
- Newly elected KSCA president Venkatesh Prasad met the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister and called the discussions extremely positive for restoring top-tier cricket.
- The government maintains that fixtures, including the IPL, will not be shifted out of Bengaluru and has offered to consider building new stadiums to strengthen infrastructure.
- The venue has remained shut for major events since the June 4 stampede that left 11 dead, with police filing FIRs against KSCA, RCB and the event organiser over alleged negligence.
- Officials cite a structural-safety audit and phased implementation of Justice Michael D'Cunha Committee crowd-management measures as conditions for resuming high-capacity matches.