What’s the story? In the wake of the strike taken by employees of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), the title defenders Sunrisers Hyderabad may have to play all their home matches of IPL 2017 in Raipur, as per reports in the Telangana Today. In case you didn’t know... Over 120 employees, including the groundsmen, have been on a strike since the first week of March citing non-clearance of salaries for two months as the issue. The financially handicapped HCA has been pleading the BCCI for release of money, but so far in vain. John Manoj, the chief secretary of HCA was recorded saying that he had been writing letters to BCCI but he has got no reply. The heart of the matter Apart from the opening ceremony scheduled on April 5, the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium was to host eight matches, including the final on May 21. But this is not the first time that the IPL matches might be moved out of Hyderabad. Seven years ago in 2010, owing to the Telangana m...
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