The IPL match between Lucknow and Bengaluru in Ekana was canceled today due to India-Pakistan tension. Fans from far away cities had reached Lucknow to watch the match. There were about 45 thousand tickets booked for this match.
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After the information about the match being canceled, there was a crowd outside the stadium for the ticket refund. Some fans said- the country is first and cricket later. The country is paramount for us. Whether or not the ticket refund is found, it does not matter. At the same time, some fans upheld the demand for ticket refund. He said that we should get some refunds.
First see fans’ enthusiasm outside Ekana
Fans were completely in mood for the match celebration. Came here and raised slogans of Pakistan Murdabad.
The fans shouted Bharat Mata’s shouts outside Ekana.
Fans had reached the posters for Virat Kohli in their hands.
Now read what fans said…
IPL matches will be 1 week later
Apart from the LSG Vs RCB match, BCCI has postponed all the IPL matches. BBCI has said in the press on the release that the remaining matches of IPL will start after a week. There are 12 league matches in this season of IPL. The tournament was to be finalized on 25 May.
IPL stopped due to Pakistani military attack
BCCI said- The decision to suspend the IPL match for a week has been taken after the recent terrorist and Pakistani military attack. We are with the Government of India and the Armed Forces engaged in Operation Sindoor. Cricket is a national passion, but the sovereignty and security of the country is the first. The revised schedule of IPL will be released on time.
Virat Kohli has reached Lucknow. On Thursday, LSG’s Mentor was seen discussing with Zaheer Khan on the field.
Kohli practiced for two hours in Ekana yesterday
A day before the match, on Thursday, players of both teams practiced at Ekana Stadium. RCB player Virat Kohli stayed on the field for two hours. He spoke to Zaheer Khan for 20 minutes. Practice batting on the pitch 6 times. Played the spell of 14-24 balls every time. During this, Kohli appeared in an aggressive style. He made many big hits.
When Kohli landed in the field, LSG captain Rishabh Pant hugged him. After this, Kohli was seen talking to Mentar Zaheer Khan of Lucknow. Mario Shepherd of RCB also hit long sixes.
LSG captain Rishabh Pant also practiced fiercely in the net. He was seen battling many times while trying to apply long shots. Digvesh Rathi from Lucknow and Krunal Pandya were seen bowling spin from RCB.
Virat Kohli batting for about 20 minutes in Ekana on Thursday.
6 in Lucknow and 8 foreign players in Bengaluru
Both LSG and RCB have foreign players in teams. The Lucknow team has 6 foreign players. These include David Miller of South Africa, Aden Markram, Matthew Breetjke, Australia’s Michel Marsh, West Indies Samar Joffes and Nicholas Puran. In addition, the team’s head coach is Australia’s Justin Langer, Assistant Coach South Africa’s Lance Clusher and Fielding Coach Jonty Rhodes.
At the same time, there are 8 foreign players in the Bangalore team. These include Josh Hazlewood of Australia, Tim David, Liam Livingstone of England, Jacob Bethel, Phil Salat, Romio Shepherd of West Indies, Lungi Nidi of South Africa and Nuwan Tushara of Sri Lanka. In addition, Bangalore head coach is Andy Flower from Zimbabwe.
According to the team management, some foreign players along with family are also families. The instructions received from BCCI to send them back will be followed. According to the flight situation, the players will leave Lucknow. BCCI is taking necessary measures to return the players.
During the practice, Mayank Yadav and Kunal Pandya were seen talking.
Punjab-Delhi match had to be stopped in Dharamshala Pakistan attacked the border of Jammu, Punjab and Rajasthan in India with missiles and drones at around 8:30 pm on 8 May. During this time the match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was being played in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh.
Punjab scored 122 runs in 10.1 overs at the loss of 1 wicket in 10.1 overs. Then the floodlights of the ground were closed and the audience was sent home. Given the battle situation, the city was black out and the match was canceled. This was the 58th match of the league stage. Since then, speculation about stopping IPL had started.
The Delhi-Punjab match was canceled due to blackout at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala.
Now when will the match, how will the ticket money be refunded? After the match was canceled in Lucknow, the question of the fans was when it will happen now? The IPL management did not give any clear information about this. However, sources say that the IPL may be again in August. That is, the remaining match will be made.
At the same time, the officials said that the people who have bought tickets online will get the refund online. At the same time, those who have bought offline will be returned from the counter. However, no official information has been given yet about the money refund.
IPL- Gujarat on top, 3 teams out By the time the IPL was stopped in the middle, 57 matches of the league stage were over. The 58th match was stopped in the middle. After the 57 matches, the points table was the highest 16-16 points in the Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore. GT topped the top due to better run rate. Punjab was third, Mumbai fourth and Delhi at number five. At the same time, teams from Chennai, Rajasthan and Hyderabad got out of the playoff race.
3-3 matches of Gujarat-Bengaluru remained There were 2–2 matches of 4 teams until the tournament was stopped. At the same time, 6 teams including Gujarat and Bengaluru did not play 3-3 matches.
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