There's no official reason been given yet over why Chennai could lose out on an India match but it is very likely that Chidambaram may be compensated with two World T20 matches not involving India. Apart from India matches, Chennai will also not host any of the matches involving Sri Lanka, given the political scenario in the state and the Tamil-Sinhala conflict.

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur admitted that there were problems with the stadium in Chennai because of which the listing of World T20 venues had to be kept pending.

"We have not ruled out Chennai (as a venue). The only issue is which matches can be played in Chennai. There are certain limitations - can't play Sri Lanka there, three stands are not complete and you can't keep Indian fans away from those stands," said the BCCI secretary.

Thakur, however, did not go into the specifics of whether Chennai would get to host the Indian team.

Delhi, a major venue that is currently in a messy state of affairs over tax-related issues with the state government, could also miss out on a World T20 game.

As of now, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Chennai, Mohali, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Rajkot, Hyderabad and Dharamsala are the venues that have been marked down as the potential venues.

-TOI