chandigarh punjab will play their upcoming two ranji matches against bengal and services at the gandhi sports complex amritsar the decision to shift the matches from the is bindra stadium mohali was taken by the punjab cricket association pca here on fridaypunjab is up against bengal from november 17 and services from november 25 sushil kapoor spokesperson of pca confirming the news to toi said that the decision came about in the wake of mohali hosting the second oneday international match between india and sri lanka on december 13 the curators made it amply clear that it would not be possible to prepare the wicket for the odi on such a short noticethis not our decision it was the curators who asked us to shift the matches because they wont have ample time after the services match to prepare the pitch for the odi said kapoor who said that bengal too shifted their ranji tie from the eden gardens to kalyani as the former would host the first test between the two countries from november 14 to 18we are also doing the same and there is no fuss about that the gandhi sports complex amritsar has hosted several domestic matches in the past including the duleep trophy and has also been the venue for two international matches added kapoorthe stadium hosted two odis in 1982 and 1995 where india played against sri lanka and new zealand respectively india won both the matches in 1982 india defeated sri lanka by 78 runs and in 1995 theythrashed new zealand by 6 wickets a source close to pca informed toi that apart from the gandhi sports complex amritsar the other venue that was suggested to bcci was sector 16 cricket stadium chandigarh the latter was disapproved by the bcci because of poor drainage facility as the most of the matches of the jp atray cricket tournament were washed outauthorities in amritsar showed keen interest to host the match in a stadium which is of international standards said rp singla the general secretary of pcathe pitch of the gandhi sports complex is very similar to the one we have here in mohali there will be a tinge of grass and it will help both spinners and seamers it will be a sporting track for sure singla signed off