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During the match played between Delhi Capitals and Punjabkings at Dharamshala on May 8, the flood light was closed in the middle and the audience was taken out of the stadium.
Today, there will be a meeting of BCCI regarding when and where the remaining 16 matches of IPL 2025 will be played. Board officials will participate in this meeting to be held online from different cities. The league was suspended on 9 May due to India’s tension with Pakistan. By then 58 out of 74 matches were played.
The ceasefire was announced on Saturday between India and Pakistan. After this, BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla had said that after the meeting on Sunday, a decision will be taken to resume the league.
The remaining matches were to be held in 9 cities
The remaining IPL matches may be held in Hyderabad and Chennai, including the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The remaining matches of the IPL were to be held in 9 different cities of the country. These include Lucknow, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Jaipur and Kolkata. According to ESPN report, the remaining matches can be held in only three cities Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. The cities of South India can be chosen because they are far from Pakistan border. If the war situation is made again, there will be no problem in the safety of the players.
If the league is not complete in May, you will have to wait till September Even after the ceasefire, if the IPL matches are not held in May, you may have to wait till September. Before that, it will be difficult for the matches to get windows. The final of the World Test Championship is in June. Then from June 20, Team India has to play a 5 Test series in England. BCCI will try its best to take the tournament in May.
The 18th season of IPL began on 22 March. The final was to be played on 25 May, but now the date of the title match can also be extended.
Foreign players will have to work back The IPL was stopped on 9 May, after which foreign players started returning home from May 10. Many foreigners, including Punjab head coach Ricky Ponting, have also left for their respective countries. If the tournament starts this month, then the board may have to struggle to recall foreign players.
Punjab-Delhi match had to be canceled in the middle
On May 8, the match of Punjab and Delhi had to be stopped in between due to increasing tension with Pakistan. Punjab scored 122 runs at the loss of 1 wicket after 10.1 overs while batting first. Whether the match will be again again, BCCI has not given clarification on it.
On 9 May, BCCI took 300 staff members and players of Punjab and Delhi team to Delhi via Special Vande Bharat Train. The airport of Dharamshala was then closed for security reasons.
Gujarat on top, 3 teams out of play -off race After 58 matches, the Gujarat Titans team topped the points table. At the same time, teams from Hyderabad, Rajasthan and Chennai have been out of the play -off race.
3-3 matches of Gujarat-Bengaluru remained
There are 2-2 matches left for 4 teams. At the same time, 3-3 matches of 6 teams including Gujarat and Bengaluru will be played. The match was to be played between Lucknow and Bengaluru on 9 May in Lucknow, but in the day BCCI gave information about stopping the tournament. It is believed that the tournament between these two will be restarted.
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