UPCA secretary Rajiv Shukla today thanked the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav for granting city's Green Park cricket stadium on lease to the state cricket body at 1 crore per annum for 30 years.
The stadium will be made of international level and UPCA will take care of the maintenance of the ground, Shukla told reporters at the stadium.
On a question related to no matches played at the stadium since 2013, Shukla said, now he himself will request the Cricket Control Board to keep a match at Green Park whenever any International series is held.
However, Shukla did not speak on the possibilities of IPL matches played in Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association got its wish granted after the state government gave the on lease to the state cricket body at 1 crore per annum for 30 years but the stadium is still not ready to host an IPL match or a day/night game due to inadequate lighting facility.
Though the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association is just too happy to get the ground on lease for the second time after 1995 and believes that the move will help them to host an international game, which the BCCI has been hesitating to give so far.
Green Park last hosted an ODI between India and West Indies on November 27, 2013.
