HPCA wants more flights to Dharamsala during IPL

Dharamsala: The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association will approach the civil aviation ministry to start at least two daily flights from Delhi to Dharamsala during April to meet the needs of Indian Premier League matches.

Two IPL matches have been alloted to the the city, HPCA president Anurag Thakur, son of chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal and MP, told reporters.

About 25,000 spectators are expected to watch the two IPL matches to be held here, he added.

A team of IPL organisers visited Dharamsala yesterday to see the arrangements.

Thakur, who recently went as manager of Indian cricket team to South Africa, said with the addition of newer facilities and setting up of a luxurious five-star hotel, the HPCA is hopeful that ICC would approve the stadium for holding international matches in near future.

SOURCE :- cricket.zeenews.com