IND vs BAN Kanpur Test: Balcony C tickets not being sold fully due to fear of collapse after 'Rishabh Pant six'

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IND vs BAN Kanpur Test: The sale of Balcony C tickets is not being done for India's second Test against Bangladesh starting Friday, October 27 as PWD engineers have raised concerns over the strength of its pillars.

As per a report by The Indian Express, a PWD engineer has reckoned that the pillars would not be able to handle the pressure of 50 fans jumping and celebrating a six from Rishabh Pant.

“This stand won’t be able to take the weight of even 50 fans, if they start jumping after Rishabh Pant hits a six. This part of the stadium is in dire need of repair,” he told The Indian Express.

Upon discussions with the engineers, the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) officials have agreed to not sell all the tickets of Balcony C.

“The PWD has raised some issues and we have agreed that we will not sell all the tickets of Balcony C,” UPCA CEO Ankit Chatterjee told The Indian Express.

“We have been told to sell only 1700 tickets for the stand, which has a capacity of 4,800. The repair work will continue for the next couple of days,” he added.

The Green Park stadium in Kanpur comes under the Uttar Pradesh government, and it hasn't hosted many international matches in the recent past. The focus has shifted to the newly-built Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow which has far better facilities. The UPCA also functions from venue which is also the home ground for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL.

Further, a problem in one of the floodlights at the stadium has also been spotted. Eight bulbs of the floodlight near the VIP pavilion are not working. Notably, bad light issues persisted when India last played a Test match in 2021 against New Zealand.