The Green Park stadium's long drought of international cricket matches may end soon, courtesy the change of guard in Uttar Pradesh in the political sphere.
Ther formation of the Bahujan Samaj Party government in the state under Chief Minister Mayawati has raised hopes of once again hosting high-profile matches at the historic ground, Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Secretary (Sports and Administration) PD Pathak said.

Differences between the UPCA and the state's sports ministry on various matters have now narrowed, he said.

Pathak hoped that Green Park would be the venue of a one-day match between Australia and India in October and a Test match against Pakistan in November this year.

He alleged UPCA did not get the stadium to stage international matches for the last two-and-a-half years due to the unfavourable attitude of previous state government.

He added that the new government had already provided the stadium to UPCA for staging an inter-district cricket tournment and after getting the green signal from the Cricket Board, efforts would start for organising international matches.

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