Post-BCCI secy’s visit, PCA, UTCA may co-host bio-bubble for domestic matches
“BCCI secretary Jay Shah and treasurer Arun Dhumal visited the Sector 16 Stadium and Mahajan Cricket Ground and they have liked the venues,” said Sanjay Tandon, UTCA president, while speaking to The Indian Express on Tuesday.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah inspects the new PCA International Stadium at Mullanpur on Tuesday. (Express photo by Jasbir Malhi)
On a day when BCCI secretary Jay Shah accompanied by BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal visited the Punjab Cricket Association’s Maharaja Yadavindra’s Singh International Stadium at Mullanpur apart from visiting UT Cricket Association’s facilities in Chandigarh to take stock of the stadiums and facilities for the planned unapproved domestic schedule, possibility of UTCA and PCA co-hosting and providing venues for the bio-bubble to be created by BCCI has emerged.
While the BCCI has invited replies by each state association giving them four options comprising only Ranji Trophy, only Syed Mushtaq Ali (SMA) T-20 trophy, both Ranji Trophy and SMA T-20 Trophy, and both SMA T-20 trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy till December 2, the decision about the hosting venues and six bio-bubbles venues by BCCI will be decided later.
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“BCCI secretary Jay Shah and treasurer Arun Dhumal visited the Sector 16 Stadium and Mahajan Cricket Ground and they have liked the venues,” said Sanjay Tandon, UTCA president, while speaking to The Indian Express on Tuesday.
Nitin Sharma is an Assistant Editor with the sports team of The Indian Express. Based out of Chandigarh, Nitin works with the print sports desk while also breaking news stories for the online sports team. A Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award recipient for the year 2017 for his story ‘Harmans of Moga’, Nitin has also been a three-time recipient of the UNFPA-supported Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitivity for the years 2022, 2023 and this year respectively. His latest Laadli Award, in November 2025, came for an article on Deepthi Jeevanji, who won India’s first gold medal at the World Athletics Para Championship and was taunted for her unusual features as a child.
Nitin mainly covers Olympics sports disciplines with his main interests in shooting, boxing, wrestling, athletics and much more. The last 17 years with The Indian Express has seen him unearthing stories across India from as far as Andaman and Nicobar to the North East. Nitin also covers cricket apart from women’s cricket with a keen interest. Nitin has covered events like the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2011 ODI World Cup, 2016 T20 World Cup and the 2017 AIBA World Youth Boxing Championships.
An alumnus of School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, from where he completed his Masters in Mass Communications degree, Nitin has been an avid quizzer too. A Guru Nanak Dev University Colour holder, Nitin’s interest in quizzing began in the town of Talwara Township, a small town near the Punjab-Himachal Pradesh border. When not reporting, Nitin's interests lie in discovering new treks in the mountains or spending time near the river Beas at his hometown. ... Read More
