New Delhi: BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla said on Saturday that board officials and the IPL Council will discuss the best timetable on Sunday to complete the suspended T20 league, after announcing an immediate ceasefire between India and Pakistan. The board was forced to suspend the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday, with 16 games remaining as the India-Pakistan border conflict threatened to grow into a mature war after the Pahalgam terrorist attack and India’s subsequent Sindoor operation.
Shukla told PTI Videos: “The war has stopped. In the new situation, the BCCI office bearers, officials and the IPL Council will discuss the matter tomorrow (Sunday) and answer the call. We will see which one can complete the best timetable for the match.”
It is speculated that the alliance could be transferred to the southern Indian cities of Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, but Shukra said that such options could be relevant in the context of ongoing military conflict.
“This is the choice for the war. There are a lot of options. It has been discussed. The ceasefire has just been announced, giving us some time, we will discuss and then we will only make a decision.”
In the game, there are 12 league championship games and four playoff games that have not been played yet.
BCCI’s top source is the campaign of broadcasters and production teams, who said he hopes to ban Dharamsala, the crew’s other venues listed in the original IPL plan were asked to stay.
“The broadcasters had initially asked its production unit to stay back in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai when the military crisis was deepening. But after announcement of ceasefire, the crew has been instructed to stay put in all the original vendors. So there is a chance that save Dharamsala game, which could be rescheduled elsewhere, vendors like Kolkata might retain its matches,” he said.
Most foreign recruits who compete for different teams in the league have left the country.
The match between the King of Punjab and the Delhi capital was abandoned due to the conflict. With the closure of Dharamsala Airport, players and support staff from both teams took buses to Jalandar and boarded the train to Delhi.
