IPL 2023: The stage group matches of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) have been completed. And on May 23, between Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings (GT vs CSK), Chennai’s MA. The first qualifier has been played at the Chidambaram Stadium. In this match, Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. At the same time, Chennai has scored 172 runs while batting first. However, with the first qualifier, the BCCI has taken a very important decision. In fact, for every dot ball bowled in the playoffs of the 16th season, the Indian Cricket Board will plant 500 trees.
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BCCI pledges to plant 500 trees for every dot ball for playoff matches
The first qualifier match has been played between Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings. In this match, Gujarat had a target of 173 runs in 20 overs. At the same time, a very beautiful thing has appeared in this match. Actually, during the first innings, every dot ball was coming as a tree instead of a dot in the column. The BCCI has promised to plant 500 trees on every dot ball for the playoff matches, due to which the dot in the column is replaced by a tree emoji.
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BCCI took an important decision
The league stage matches in IPL 2023 have come to an end. The first eliminator round is to be played on May 24. But BCCI has taken an important decision before the first qualifier. At the same time, BCCI will plant 500 trees for every dot ball bowled in the playoffs. However, this decision of BCCI will spread awareness among people and fans around the world in a way and is a big initiative to take cricket to the top in India.
