Public Relations Department, Chandigarh Administration www.chdpr.gov.in
Press Note
Chandigarh September 29: - People of Chandigarh will be able to enjoy a taste of International Cricket as the Srilanka and Bangla Desh Cricket Teams will play practice matches with star studded Punjab XI. Chandigarh Administration is organizing one day Cricket Practice Matches on October 4 and 5 at Cricket Stadium, Sector-16, Chandigarh. The entry will be totally free and the invitation passes can be collected from the office of Director of Sports, Hockey Stadium, Sector 42. The teams of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are visiting Chandigarh to play in the ICC Champions Trophy at Mohali and will play practice matches at Cricket Stadium at Sector-16, which has been prepared for these prestigious matches. The Stadium can accommodate around 25,000 spectators including VVIP, VIP and Press Gallery etc. The Stadium is ready in all respects to conduct the matches as per schedule. Entry in the Stadium to witness the matches will be allowed only to the Invitation/pass holders. The Sri Lankan team consists of star players like Sanath Jaysurya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Marvan Atapattu, Upul Chandana, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga, , Thilan Samaraweera, Kumar Sangakkara, Chaminda Vaas etc. Sri Lanka Team will play one day practice match with Punjab XI on October 5. Habibul Bashar, Khaled Mashud, Javed Omar, Nafis Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Rajin Saleh, Shahriar Nafis, Khaled Mahmud, Mohammad Rafique, Tapash Baisya, Mashrafe Mortaza, Enamul Huque Jr, Alok Kapali, Syed Rasel, Shahadat Hossain etc will be playing for Bangla Desh. Bangla Desh Team will play with Punjab XI on October 4. The Indian players like Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Harbhajan Singh, V.R.V. Singh, Reetinder Singh Sodhi have been playing for the Punjab Cricket Team. The students of all schools have been invited specially and invitation cards for the students and Principals of all Govt./ Private Schools of Chandigarh have already been delivered to the Department of Education. The passes can be collected from the office of Assistant District Education Officer, U.T. by the concerned School. Invitation cards for the Principals and students of all Govt. /Private Colleges of Chandigarh have already been delivered to the concerned Colleges.