With heavy dew in Chennai on Wednesday night giving tough time to bowlers, BCCI's Pitches and Grounds Committee Chairman Daljit Singh on Thursday said all IPL centres had been directed to take dew-controlling measures, wherever necessary.
Singh said a circular had been issued on Thursday to all centres to use APSA-80 to control dew, if necessary. Players also could be seen profusely sweating in the sultry Chennai conditions.
"There was heavy dew in Chennai. I was told that this was for the first time in 40 years that Chennai was having dew during this time of the year," Singh said.
"Although we don't foresee any problem at other centres including Mohali, yet we have asked those concerned to be prepared so that dew does not play a spoilsport," he said.
He said instructions had also been given to reduce watering of the outfield, if curators found dew during evening time.
Asked if the dew-controlling chemical will be used in Mohali, where Kings XI Punjab take on Mumbai Indians on Friday night, Singh said, "we have not found dew here during this time. However, we are prepared on our side".
"While dew is generally found during winter time, its presence during this time at few places was quite surprising," he said, indicating effects of climate change were at work.
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