The Karnataka State Cricket Association must provide five tickets for the Indian Premier League (IPL) to each MLA, a Congress legislator has said, adding that MLAs are VIPs and “cannot stand in the queue”. Vijayanand Kashapanavar, MLA from Hungund, also said that the state cricket body must make separate seating arrangements for legislators. The 2026 edition of IPL starts on Saturday with a match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
“There is an IPL match that is going to start on the 28th of this month. Karnataka State Cricket Association is not providing tickets to MLAs, ministers, and their families. They are taking all the facilities from the government. They are getting all the security, everything. They are taking all the facilities from the g


