Dubai : 70 percent of the whole capacity at Dubai cricket stadiums would whiteness ICC T20I World Cup fixtures, Organizers say, it emerged Monday.
According to media reports, conditions in Oman, where preliminary rounds are due to be played, are still to be fully assessed following a cyclone.
Some 3,000 fans would be accommodated at Al Amerat stadium in Muscat, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement on Sunday, though the cyclone left streets in the Omani capital under water, prompted evacuations from coastal areas and delayed flights in and out of the country.
The 16-team tournament was shifted to the Gulf states as a result of a surge of COVID-19 infections in India, but the Indian cricket board (BCCI) remains the event host.
The T20 World Cup is the largest sporting event to be held in the region and it will be the biggest global cricket event since the pandemic with fans in stadia,” International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement on Monday.
“In the UAE all venues will be operating at approximately 70% of maximum seated capacity, whilst Abu Dhabi has also introduced new socially distanced ‘pods’ of a maximum of 4 spectators on their east and west grass mounds,” it said.
