The taste and ethnic cuisines of Kudumbashree women also marked the crease in the 2nd T20 between India and West Indies match at Green Field Stadium, Kariyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram on 8 December 2019. The 20-20 cricket match between India and West Indies was indeed a moment of pride for Kudumbashree too. ‘Kerala Cricket Association’ had entrusted Kudumbashree for serving the food to the cricket lovers who came to the stadium to watch the match. 9 units of Kudumbashree had set up 18 counters for serving the food to around 25,000 people in the gallery at the cricket stadium. Sales of Rs. 4.5 lakhs was the sales recorded from the stalls.
When the one day cricket match was held at the same stadium between India and West Indies, during November 2018, Kudumbashree was entrusted with the food supply. 7 Kudumbashree catering units served food at that time and a sale of around Rs 4 lakhs was recorded. The professionalism of the Kudumbashree units and the quality of the food they served had helped them earn yet another huge opportunity this time. Even before that, when Green field stadium hosted its debut International Cricket Match, between India -New Zealand (20-20 match which was held on 7 November 2017), Kudumbashree units had an entry to sell food at a smaller scale.
Kudumbashree Thiruvananthapuram District Mission was entrusted with the supervision of the 18 food outlets. Though the match was started at 7 PM, the public entry started from 4 PM itself. So Kudumbashree's team was all set from 3 PM itself. The food and snacks were prepared by 9 units viz. Shruthi, Samudra, Big Beats, Anamika, Jiyas Food, Prathyasha, Samjees, Anugraha and Shreesailam units of Kudumbashree. They had prepared Kappa, fish curry, chicken biriyani, vegetable biriyani, chappathi, chicken curry, vegetable curry, cutlet, steam cooked snacks etc for the distribution through various counters. All the units of Kudumbashree had observed ‘Green Protocol’ throughout the event. Plastics and disposables were completely avoided and the food was served in steel glasses and steel plates, avoiding waste of disposables and plastics.
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