Despite the worst quality of air the 1st T20i will be held in Delhi

Board of Control for Cricket in India”s (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday confirmed that the T20I match between India and Bangladesh in Delhi will go ahead as planned.

India are scheduled to play three T20Is and two Tests against the ‘Bangla Tigers’, including a historic Day-Night Test, and if the build up to series is anything to go by, expect the unexpected when the two neighbouring nations clash against each other.

Opener Rohit Sharma will lead the ‘Men in Blue’ in the three-match series. Kohli will return for the two-match Test series as India will look to extend their dominance in the longest format at home.

As for the visitors, they have been stung hard by two-year suspension of captain Shakib Al Hasan. The number one all-rounder in the world accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and agreed the sanction.

Mahmudullah Riyad and Mominul Haque were handed the reins of Bangladesh’s T20 and Test squads respectively following Shakib’s suspension.

The first T20I of the three-match series between India and Bangladesh is scheduled to be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium on November 3.

When ANI contacted Ganguly to ask whether the match in Delhi would take place, he replied: “Yes, it will”. The air quality in Delhi continues to deteriorate and it slipped into the ”severe” category in several places across the city. This has led many to urge the BCCI to shift the match from Delhi.

Former cricketer and current BJP lawmaker Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said that pollution is a bigger concern than a cricket match.

“It is a far serious issue than having a game of cricket or any other sports matches happens in Delhi. For us I think people living in Delhi should be more concerned about the pollution levels rather than the cricket match that happens,” Gambhir had told ANI.