IPL 2024: Why are green tree symbols showing up for every dot ball during KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1 match?

The step was a part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s green initiative, implemented during the IPL 2023 playoffs as well.

AHMEDABAD : GUJARAT : 21/05/2024 : Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Shreyas Iyer with Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain Pat Cummins during the toss of The IPL 17 2024 Qualifier 1, Cricket Match Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Tuesday May 21, 2024. Photo : VIJAY SONEJI / The Hindu. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI

Symbols of green trees showed up on the score graphics for every dot ball during the Qualifier 1 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

The step was a part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s green initiative. The BCCI, having partnered with the Tata Group, has promised to plant as many as 500 trees for every dot ball bowled during the three Playoff games and the Final.

The board had undertaken a similar initiative during the playoffs of IPL 2023 as well.

The Qualifier 1 between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans last year had seen 84 dot balls which saw 42,000 saplings planted, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had tweeted after the game.