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BCCI planted 50,000 trees instead of dot balls were thrown in IPL 2023

Sarita Dey
1 year ago

IPL (IPL) 2023 has come to an end. Along with this, BCCI will partner with Tata Group to plant a tree for every dot ball bowled during the playoff stages of the league. And as part of the first initiative, more than 50,000 saplings were planted.

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Partnered with Tata Group to plant 500 trees across India for every dot bowled during IPL 2023 final

BCCI To Plant 500 Trees For Every Dot Ball During IPL 2023 Playoffs, Jay  Shah Makes Announcement | Cricket News | Zee News

In fact, as part of India’s green initiative, BCCI partnered with Tata Group to plant 500 trees across India for every dot bowled during IPL 2023 Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2, and IPL 2023 Final.

Tree planted on thrown dot balls

BCCI will plant 500 trees for each dot balls in playoffs

In Qualifier 1, a total of 84 dot balls were bowled when CSK beat Gujarat at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to seal their final spot. As a result of which 42,000 saplings were planted. And in the Eliminator, when Mumbai Indians beat Lucknow Super Giants at the same venue in Chennai, a total of 96 dot balls were bowled, which means 48,000 trees were planted. In that match, MI’s Akash Madhwal, who claimed figures of 5/5 in 3.2 overs, bowled 17 dots. In Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where GT beat MI to seal their final spot, a total of 67 dot balls were bowled, meaning 26,5000 trees were being planted.

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In the final at the same venue in Ahmedabad, when CSK beat GT to win their fifth IPL title, a total of 45 dot balls were bowled, meaning 22,500 trees were planted.

A total of 294 dot balls were bowled during the IPL 2023 playoffs –

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Qualifier 1, Eliminator, Qualifier 2, and Final – ie a total of 1,47,000 trees will be planted as part of BCCI and Tata Group India. Green initiative. Players like Madhwal, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan, and Mathisha Pathirana contributed to this initiative through their dot balls in the playoff stages, in which more than one lakh trees were planted across India.