Rohit returns to domestic cricket: Is Jaipur ready? VHT set to get underway

JAIPUR: While the buzz astir home cricket is ever a invited sight, it has go a rarity successful caller years. For Jaipur’s passionate fans, that electrical ambiance typically materialises lone during the Indian Premier League (IPL) oregon the uncommon white-ball planetary hosted astatine the Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Stadium.But Wednesday volition beryllium peculiar arsenic the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 gets underway, with Jaipur hosting Elite Group C matches.

Mumbai’s run begins successful the city, and fans are successful for a treat: erstwhile India skipper Rohit Sharma is acceptable to play their opening fixtures against Sikkim (December 24) and Uttarakhand (December 26) astatine SMS Stadium.Rohit’s information follows the BCCI’s mandate requiring each centrally contracted Indian players to diagnostic successful astatine slightest 2 Vijay Hazare Trophy matches erstwhile available, a determination aimed astatine ensuring lucifer fittingness up of planetary commitments.The excitement astir Rohit, 1 of India’s biggest sporting icons, is expected to gully ample crowds for a home fixture that is usually played successful beforehand of bare stands.With the crushed having seen crowd-control challenges during a Ranji Trophy lucifer past month, the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) is leaving thing to accidental connected the information front.“We person arranged broad constabulary information arsenic good arsenic backstage bouncers.

I person personally met the Additional SP (South), who has assured afloat support. All our information arrangements are firmly successful place, arsenic you saw during the signifier league arsenic well,” said advertisement hoc convener Deendayal Kumawat.The RCA has besides had the stadium cleaned. “We person readied the stadium truthful that fans bash not look immoderate inconvenience. Wild plants and bushes person been removed, and we volition besides supply escaped drinking water. We volition initially unfastened the North and East stands, but if needed, different stands volition besides beryllium opened,” Kumawat added.