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BCCI Rejects Chinnaswamy for IPL Final Over ‘Excessive’ Complimentary Ticket Request
The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium has not been awarded the IPL 2026 final. BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia stated that this decision was made due to the Karnataka Cricket Association's demand for 10,000 additional tickets.
The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium was not given the venue for the IPL 2026 final. This decision was clarified by Devajit Saikia, the secretary of BCCI. According to him, 10,000 additional tickets were demanded by MLAs and MLCs for hosting the final in their city.
The venue for the playoffs and the final of IPL 2026 has been declared by the BCCI on Wednesday. While the final would be hosted in the Narendra Modi stadium of Ahmedabad, the playoffs would be played in Dharamsala and New Chandigarh. The fact that the final was denied to Chinnaswamy has surprised many, while Ahmedabad got it owing to high demand for freebies.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Saikia said, "As per IPL protocol, we are required to provide only 15 percent of the total seating capacity as complimentary tickets to the host cricket association. This is the standard protocol. Tickets are provided to all cricket associations under this. We learned from sources that the Karnataka State Cricket Association was demanding more tickets than the stipulated 15 percent during the IPL league matches."
