The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken a big decision on Friday amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan. Given the tension, the BCCI has postponed the IPL 2025 season by a week. BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla said that at present, the league has been delayed for a week. After this, we will take stock of the situation and decide.' For this, the board will release a separate schedule. In response to a question about the window for the league, he said that 'all the boards support us. In such a situation, the window is not a matter of concern.' Regarding the availability of foreign players, he said that 'it will be their personal decision, they will decide on it themselves.' Earlier, IPL Chairman Arun Jaitley had told on Thursday night that the 18th season of IPL will continue in the current situation, but now the board has decided to postpone it. Earlier, the match played between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings in Dharamsala was canceled. The match was stopped due to a fault in the floodlights, and the spectators and players were taken out of the field. The BCCI had said that the match was canceled due to a technical fault in Dharamsala. However, there was doubt about IPL 2025 since Thursday.
16 matches were remaining
The BCCI official was quoted by news agency PTI as saying, 'It does not look good that cricket is going on when the country is at war.' The IPL 2025 season was in its final stages and a total of 16 matches, including the final, were left to be played. The final match of the IPL 2025 season was to be played in Kolkata on May 25, but it has been postponed for a week, given the increasing tension between India and Pakistan. Earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had also decided to shift the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to the UAE.
Pakistan's attack foiled by the Indian Army
Pakistan, enraged by India's Operation Sindoor launched in Pakistan against the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, tried to target Indian military installations on Thursday night, which was completely foiled by the Indian forces. Pakistan tried to attack military installations and ammunition centers in Jammu, Pathankot, Ferozepur, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, and Jaisalmer between 8 and 10 pm using fighter planes, drones, rockets and missiles. India shot down four Pakistani fighter planes in retaliation. These include two US-made F-16s and two Chinese-made JF-17s. The military forces took into custody the two pilots of the F-16 shot down in Jaisalmer and the other plane shot down in Akhnoor. Giving a befitting reply to Pakistan's audacity, India retaliated simultaneously on seven cities of the neighboring country, including Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Sialkot. After the Army and the Air Force, the Navy also joined in.
Cricket Australia was keeping an eye on the situation.
Earlier, Cricket Australia had also issued a statement saying that it is keeping an eye on the tension between India and Pakistan. Many Australian players were participating in IPL 2025. Cricket Australia had issued a statement saying, we are constantly monitoring the situation in Pakistan and India, which includes receiving regular advice and updates from the Australian Government, PCB, BCCI and local government officials and maintaining dialogue with our players and support staff present in the region.
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