Leicestershire has 10 days to appeal the Cricket Discipline Panel’s verdict, which has pushed them to the brink of relegation from Division One.
Allowing “unscheduled filming” of Ganguly’s biopic was cited as a reason by Leicestershire for the poor pitch quality at its ground, but the reasoning was dismissed by a disciplinary panel, which handed a 27-point penalty to the county club for breaching pitch regulations. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly ‘s biopic is in the news, but not for the reason its makers would have liked.
Furthermore, the panel also levied a £5,000 fine on the club. We had two T20s on it 10 weeks ago. There were a lot of circumstances leading up to the game that were just out of my control, such as the weather being 35 degrees.
We are not aware of any incident or issue arising in relation to the shoot,” LUV Films told Sports Now. Callum Lewin, the head groundsman at Grace Road, told the Cricket Regulator that the pitch prepared for the match against Glamorgan was affected by a series of circumstances that were beyond his control. I wasn’t allowed to cover it or anything,” Lewin told the Cricket Regulator. “Having received the Panel’s decision, the Club is reviewing its position and considering all available options,” the club said in a statement.
The film is being directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and produced by LUV Films. “We have come across reports concerning the shoot of Dada – The Sourav Ganguly Story in Leicestershire. We would like to clarify that the shoot was duly planned and carried out with all requisite permissions and protocols in place. “It’s a used pitch this time around.
“We also had an unscheduled Bollywood filming event four days before the match against Glamorgan, and I wasn’t allowed to work on the pitch.
