KSCA reacts to Bengaluru losing IPL 2026 final: ‘Specific reasons not communicated’

The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) connected Tuesday responded to the BCCI’s determination to determination the IPL 2026 playoffs and last from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad, expressing disappointment implicit the determination portion insisting that the M Chinnaswamy Stadium was afloat prepared to signifier the marquee fixtures.In an authoritative clarification enactment issued hours aft the BCCI confirmed Ahmedabad arsenic the venue for the IPL 2026 final, KSCA said it had formally conveyed its ‘preparedness, willingness and keen interest’ successful hosting the said fixtures.

“At the outset, KSCA expresses its disappointment that the IPL Playoff matches person been allotted to different centres,” the connection read.The relation besides revealed that KSCA president and erstwhile India pacer Venkatesh Prasad had personally been successful interaction with the BCCI regarding Bengaluru’s hosting rights.“KSCA President and legendary Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad was personally successful interaction with the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) successful this respect and had besides formally conveyed KSCA’s preparedness, willingness, and keen involvement successful hosting the IPL Playoffs astatine the iconic M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,” the connection added.

The clarification comes aft the BCCI, successful its authoritative playoff docket announcement earlier successful the day, confirmed that the IPL 2026 last had been shifted from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad owing to ‘certain operational and logistical considerations’.

“Bengaluru was primitively designated to big the Final. However, owing to definite requirements from the section relation and authorities that were beyond the scope of BCCI's established guidelines and protocols, the venue has been shifted and reassigned,” BCCI honorary caput Devajit Saikia had said successful the media advisory.While the BCCI did not elaborate connected those requirements, KSCA powerfully defended its operational way grounds and suggested that the arrangements followed this play were nary antithetic from erstwhile years.“The IPL matches conducted successful Bengaluru during the existent play were wide appreciated for their creaseless execution, assemblage management, operational efficiency, and wide spectator experience,” KSCA said.The relation further clarified that it had already sent a elaborate connection to the BCCI explaining the operational model nether which IPL matches were conducted successful Bengaluru.“Most of these arrangements and protocols person been consistently followed since the inception of the IPL successful 2008 and were implemented uniformly during the existent play arsenic well, including during earlier playoff matches hosted astatine Bengaluru,” the connection read.

‘No Specific Reasons for Shift Communicated’

Importantly, KSCA besides stated that the ‘specific reasons’ down the displacement had not been formally conveyed to them by the BCCI.“While the circumstantial reasons for the aforesaid person not been formally communicated to KSCA, we afloat respect the prerogative and decision-making authorization of the BCCI successful this regard,” it added.The improvement has triggered important treatment fixed that defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru were initially expected to big the IPL last astatine the Chinnaswamy Stadium.Instead, Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium volition present big the IPL last for the 4th clip successful 5 seasons, having besides staged the acme clash successful 2022, 2023 and 2025.As reported by timesofindia.com earlier today, it is understood that the ongoing administrative messiness regarding the tickets astatine the Chinnaswamy Stadium forced the committee to displacement the rubric clash backmost to the venue that hosted the 2025 edition's final.