The third T20I between India and West Indies on Sunday will have a bigger crowd attendance at the Eden Gardens after the BCCI’s permission to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), Indian Express reported.

The three-match ODI series in Ahmedabad that preceded the T20Is, was played behind closed doors.

It has been learnt that for the first two T20Is on Wednesday and Friday, some crowd has been allowed in the hospitality area and the Club House upper tier of the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

The CAB had requested permission to have more crowd in attendance in the stadium after the West Bengal government allowed 75% capacity as COVID cases decline in the state. The CAB had requested the BCCI to allow spectators in the upper blocks of all the stands at Eden.

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However, the cricket board has granted permission for the third and final game of the series.

“As discussed with other OB, as per your request, you can open up for the last T20 match against West Indies at Eden,” BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has emailed to CAB chief Avishek Dalmiya.

(Indian Express report)