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Vijay Hazare Trophy 2026: Just like Virat Kohli, who played the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches behind closed doors, the fans won't be allowed to watch Shubman Gill's game, where he will represent Punjab against Sikkim on Saturday. According to BCCI rules, Gill along with Arshdeep Singh will be playing for Punjab in the ongoing domestic tournament.

Since the match will be played at the KL Saini Stadium, the match against Sikkim will be held at a local college ground and owing to security concerns and lack of seats, the game won't be accessible to fans.

"The students and staff are allowed inside the premises but there will be enough security arrangements including private bouncers being deployed. In any case, no outsiders will be allowed inside the college premises. The scheduling was done much earlier. Only because of Rohit Sharma and anticipating the response, Mumbai's match had to be shifted to Sawai Man Singh Stadium from Anantam," a BCCI source was qouted as saying to PTI.

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Since Kohli and Rohit's matches were also not telecasted live, Gill's match will also be held in similar fashion.

Both Gill and Arshdeep will reach the destination on Friday.

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"Both Gill and Arshdeep were supposed to arrive by evening but prevailing weather condition in North India has led to delay of their flights. Weather permitting, they will arrive by late night," he said.


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