Refilled aerated drinks at T20 World Cup venue? DDCA issues statement

The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has dismissed allegations of adulteration and unhygienic practices involving brushed drinks sold astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium during a caller ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 match.In a connection released connected Thursday, the DDCA responded to claims made successful a video circulating connected societal media that appeared to amusement a vendor pouring a acold portion backmost into bottles. The relation said the enactment was portion of agreed commercialized arrangements and operational standards, adding that the bottles were aboriginal disposed of “responsibly successful enactment with established biology and operational guidelines”.

Addressing the viral clip, which surfaced connected X (formerly Twitter) aft Tuesday’s lucifer betwixt the Netherlands and Namibia, the DDCA said, “We person travel crossed a video circulating connected societal media, peculiarly connected X (formerly Twitter), alleging that a vendor was seen pouring acold drinks backmost into bottles during a caller match.”The DDCA clarified that the enactment was carried retired by the stadium’s authorised concessionaire and complied with lawsuit guidelines.“In this regard, it is clarified that pouring is undertaken by the authorised concessionaire for the stadium, successful enactment with the lawsuit guidelines. The concessionaire was serving Coca-Cola products successful accordance with the agreed commercialized arrangements and operational standards,” the connection said.

The relation further stressed that strict hygiene measures are followed astatine the venue.

“We travel strict hygiene protocols astatine the venue. In the lawsuit shown successful the video, the vendor, portion segregating bedewed and adust waste, poured the unused beverage backmost into the vessel earlier disposal arsenic portion of the discarded postulation process. The bottles were subsequently collected, segregated, and processed successful accordance with the venue's discarded absorption and recycling policy,” the connection added.“It is reiterated that the bottles were disposed of responsibly successful enactment with established biology and operational guidelines,” the DDCA said.