'রঞ্জি ম্যাচে এত ভিড় আগে কোথাও দেখিনি, ১৫ মিনিটেই গেট দর্শকে ভরে গেল'! জানান DDCA-র সেক্রেটারি

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Virat Kohli: 'রঞ্জি ম্যাচে এত ভিড় আগে কোথাও দেখিনি, ১৫ মিনিটেই গেট দর্শকে ভরে গেল'! জানান DDCA-র সেক্রেটারি  ~ED.2~

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00:00Namaskar, you are watching One India.

00:03Feroz Shah Kotla, which is now called Arun Jaitley Stadium,

00:06Ranji Trophy competition has started between Delhi and Railways.

00:10Today, the first day's game is over.

00:12In this competition between Delhi and Railways, we have seen an unprecedented crowd.

00:16With us is DDCA's Secretary Ashok Sharma.

00:19And today was the first day, more than 15,000 people have come to watch this competition.

00:25Ashok ji, have you ever seen such a crowd before?

00:31It feels like ODI or One Day International or Test Match.

00:36So many spectators have come to watch the competition.

00:39Why is Virat Kohli playing?

00:43When Virat Kohli was confirmed to play in the last match of Railways,

00:49we were expecting spectators.

00:52We were expecting double the number of spectators.

00:55When I came in the morning, there were queues outside.

00:59And the biggest thing was that the PM had to come to Rajghat today.

01:05And because of that, the security was very tight and the crowd was also very big.

01:10When I came, there were approximately 8,000 to 9,000 people outside.

01:14And there was a lot of rush at the gates.

01:17The police told us to open the gates early.

01:20I had opened the gates at 8.45 am.

01:23Earlier, we had said that two gates will be opened.

01:26But it was filled in 15 minutes.

01:29Then I asked the President and opened gate number 18.

01:32And after opening the gate, it was also filled in 15 minutes.

01:35After that, the DCP came to us.

01:38He said that you will have to open the upper stand as well.

01:42Because we have to vacate the PM's route.

01:45And we stopped the crowd from coming from Delhi Gate.

01:49We have barricaded everything from Rajghat.

01:52We will not let anyone come.

01:53And we will not let anyone go out of the stadium until the PM's route remains.

01:57So the crowd came in at around 13,000 to 14,000.

02:00It was managed.

02:01There was a little problem.

02:04Because we did not know that in one time,

02:07One day in 2020, in a Suranjhi Trophy match,

02:10And there are so many fan followers behind Virat Kohli in Delhi.

02:15To see him.

02:16But I would also like to talk about the media.

02:19For the last 7-8 days,

02:21It was coming a lot in the media that Virat has come to Delhi after 12 years.

02:26So what will be his feelings?

02:28So the people of Delhi gave a lot of love to Virat Kohli.

02:31And they were very happy for his arrival.

02:34We will wait for him tomorrow, on the 31st.

02:39And we have made a very good arrangement.

02:42As the crowd increases, we will keep opening all our gates from time to time.

02:46Our tie-up with the police is maintained throughout the day.

02:50We have their DCP or SHO with us.

02:55And whatever time it is, whatever crowd we have to manage,

02:58We do it that way.

03:00And the gates on that side will be opened.

03:02Tomorrow is the second day.

03:03And tomorrow Virat can come to bat.

03:06Because Abdulli's match has already started.

03:09So what special arrangements is the DDC making for tomorrow?

03:13You talked about security.

03:14We are talking about opening the gates.

03:17How will the gates be opened?

03:18If you see today, the crowd has started coming in the morning from 6-6.30 am.

03:22See, this is the first time.

03:24It's been a long time since I have been associated with the DDC in Delhi.

03:27It's been many years.

03:29And I have seen cricket from Ranji Trophy to big matches.

03:33But in Ranji Trophy, there is so much crowd.

03:36I don't think I have ever seen it in Delhi.

03:39In the last 30-35 years.

03:41But the Gully Boy who was with us,

03:45He returned and came to our stadium again.

03:49From where he started his journey.

03:51It took him 12 years to return.

03:54And the kind of dedication our team is showing.

03:57I have seen my team changing very well in the last few days.

04:00So our preparation is for tomorrow.

04:03As soon as the police call us,

04:06We will open the gates in the same way.

04:08We will start opening the gates from 8 o'clock.

04:10And as far as food is concerned,

04:14We have not put any tickets.

04:16The more people go out, the more they can come in.

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