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The stadium has not been maintained for a long time amid factionalism in the RCA. On Monday, the BCCI observer, National Cricket Academy chief executive officer Toofan Ghosh, visited the stadium and gave necessary orders to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) officials and asked them accomplish the maintenance work by March 5. (HT FILE(REPRESENTATIVE PIC)) Updated: Jan 29, 2018 22:16 IST By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Jaipur After a gap of four years, Pink City is likely to host the IPL matches again. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has given the local authorities one-month time to prepare the Sawai Man Singh Stadium for the matches. The stadium has not been maintained for a long time amid factionalism in the RCA. On Monday, the BCCI observer, National Cricket Academy chief executive officer Toofan Ghosh, visited the stadium and gave necessary orders to the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) officials and asked them accomplish the mai...

JAIPUR: A day after Jaipur's  Sawai Mansingh Stadium  was officially confirmed as one of the venues for the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL),  Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) Secretary  Rajendra Nandu  said that the stadium is all set to host the home matches of the  Rajasthan Royals .  Jaipur likely to host IPL matches after four years While all major preparations have been made, the remaining ones, which are quite minor, will be done in the next 3-4 days, Nandu told IANS.  "All preparations have been done. The  BCCI officials have been touring the stadium at regular intervals to record the progress of the ongoing work in the stadium. They are satisfied with the kind of work going on," he said.  The dates fixed for IPL matches in Jaipur are April 11, 18, 22 and 29 and May 8 and 11. Australian leg spin legend  Shane Warne , who led the Royals to the title in the inaugural edition in 2008, has recently confirmed that he wil...