Exclusive: Mumbai Indians say no to RCB playing IPL matches at DY Patil Stadium

NEW DELHI: As Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) proceed their hunt for an alternate location venue for the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) edition, the DY Patil Stadium successful Navi Mumbai is disconnected the table. It is reliably learnt that RCB did not get clearance from the Mumbai Indians (MI) to play their games astatine DY Patil. Sources tracking the improvement explicate that the 2025 IPL champions needed a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to play successful the aforesaid catchment country arsenic MI and person not yet received it.“If a franchise wants to found a location basal not acold from the location of different franchise, it needs clearance to spell ahead. It is the aforesaid catchment area. Wankhede and DY Patil are not acold apart. If a franchise wants to acceptable up a basal astatine DY Patil, it cannot hap without support from the 1 operating retired of Wankhede. MI reasoned, ‘Why lone DY Patil and not immoderate different stadium successful the country? There are plenty,’” explained the source.

It is further understood that RCB person already had elaborate conversations with the Chhattisgarh authorities astir hosting astatine slightest 2 of their location matches successful Raipur successful the 2026 edition. With DY Patil nary longer successful the race, Indore has emerged arsenic an enactment for the remaining 5 games.“There were discussions erstwhile DY Patil was successful the contention too, but present that it is nary longer there, Indore is backmost successful the mix,” added the source.

KSCA continues to propulsion for RCB matches astatine Chinnaswamy

Since the tragic June 4 stampede, the Chinnaswamy Stadium has not hosted a large cricket match. The iconic venue is presently undergoing upgrades based connected the Justice D’Cunha committee’s 17 recommendations, and KSCA has already initiated enactment connected astir of them. RCB besides met Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara connected Monday. The gathering was attended by COO Rajesh Menon, KSCA president Venkatesh Prasad, and a fewer different representatives.Prasad was optimistic aft Monday’s meeting, but the franchise continues to research options. With the play approaching, the determination needs to beryllium communicated to the IPL Governing Council and the BCCI astatine the earliest to guarantee the timely merchandise of the season’s fixtures.

There is simply a venue inspection connected Wednesday, and immoderate clarity is expected aft the gathering of officials.“At the Wednesday meeting, elder government, constabulary and instrumentality officials volition sermon what tin beryllium done astatine the authorities level and the instructions to beryllium fixed to the KSCA. The grade of redressal of issues flagged by the Justice D’Cunha committee volition person to beryllium considered. We request the CM’s approval,” Parameshwara said.