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