The news that the BCCI is going to repair some of the stadiums that are going to hold the World Cup matches in October / November is welcome indeed. 

Maintenance of the stadiums is hardly a priority in Indian cricket and often coming to a new game one finds the remnants of the rubbish of the previous game still there. This despite most, if not all, associations giving maintenance contracts in crores to companies. The toilets are the worst in most stadia with a shortage of toilet and tissue paper that makes you wonder where the crores were spent. That said, the need for more toilets at all stadiums cannot be overemphasised.  When you have thousands coming to watch the game, even if it’s the shortest format of the game, there will be a need to use the toilet but where to find one and a clean one at that is the main concern. Whenever stadiums  in India seem to be designed, the emphasis is understandably on getting  as many people accommodated as possible but in doing that the possibility that many of these thousands will be requiring to use the toilet seems to be either forgotten or overlooked.