Rajasthan Sports Council seals Sawai Man Singh Stadium month before IPL 2024 begins

The Rajasthan Sports Council has sealed the Sawai Man Singh Stadium nearly a month before the commencement of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 matches, with the ground set to host the matches for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the current campaign.

The authority has claimed that the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has not fulfilled its liabilities and a failure to payment their dues. The council has also closed down the office of the RCA along with the stadium.

Rajasthan Sports Council secretary Sohan Ram Choudhary had served a notice to the RCA for handing over the property to the state council on Friday, but it did not happen. Since the handover did not happen, the state sports council went on to seal the properties owing to RCA’s alleged failure of not being able to fulfil its conditions as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and non-payment of dues.

We had sent them (RCA) numerous notices but there was no reply from their end. They only replied to increase the MoU to 10 years (from eight years). They had liabilities and they did not fulfil them, Choudhary told the media. We have sat down with RCA to find a solution. They received approximately Rs 200 crores but told us that they haven’t received the sum.