Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) has cleared the air on the security threat to Virat Kohli at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad ahead of Royal Challengers Bengaluru”s (RCB) eliminator against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Wednesday.

In a Times of India report, the GCA secretary gave a different version of the report, mentioning that RCB has called off their pre-match practice session due to the heatwave in Ahmedabad.

“There was no terror threat. We had made provision for both the Rajasthan Royals and RCB to practice at the Gujarat College ground. RCB were supposed to practice from 2 to 5pm, before they changed it to 3-6pm, as the light is good till 6.30pm in the summer in Ahmedabad. However, the Rajasthan Royals practiced from 3.30 to 6.30pm at the Gujarat College ground with their full squad,” Anil Patel, secretary, Gujarat Cricket Association, said.

“RCB skipped their practice session due to the prevailing heat wave in the city. We had told RCB that they can use the indoor practice facility there, or at the Indoor facility at the Narendra Modi Stadium. However, RCB didn”t want to practice because of the heatwave.

We had taken special permission from the collector”s office (for the trams to practice at the college ground), because the college ground comes under its control. The collector had given special permission for both the teams to practice at the college ground. However, as I said earlier, the RCB avoided the practice session because of the heatwave,” Patel added.

Ahead of the match, the Gujarat Police hinted that the primary reason of cancelling the practice session was Kohli”s security. The ABP report also mentioned that four people were arrested from Ahmedabad over suspicion of terrorist activity.