The BCCI has postponed the IPL due to the Indo-Pakistan conflict. The remaining 12 matches of the league stage will no longer be played. The final of the tournament was to be held on May 25. It is believed that it will be decided to hold the remaining IPL matches only after peace is established in the country.
The national anthem was played in honor of Operation Sindur during the Chennai-Kolkata IPL match on Thursday.
The Punjab-Delhi match also had to be canceled About 8:30 pm on the night of May 8, Pakistan attacked India's Jammu, Punjab and Rajasthan borders with missiles and drones. Meanwhile, a match was played between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.
Batting first, Punjab lost 122 for 1 in 10.1 overs. The field floodlight was then closed and the audience was sent home. Due to the war situation, a blackout was imposed in the city and the match was canceled. This was the 58th match of the league stage.
Delhi-Punjab match was canceled due to a blackout at Dharamsala's HPCA Stadium.
On top of Gujarat, 3 teams out When the IPL was closed, 57 matches of the league stage were completed. The 58th match was stopped. After the match, Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers are at the top with the highest 16-16 points in the Bangalore Point Table. GT remained at the top due to a good run rate. Punjab was third, Mumbai was fourth and Delhi fifth. When the teams from Chennai, Rajasthan and Hyderabad were dropped from the playoffs.
There are 3-5 matches left between Gujarat-Bangalore. By the time the tournament closed, 4 teams had 2-2 matches left. While 6 teams, including Gujarat and Bengaluru, did not play 3-3 matches. The match between Lucknow and Bengaluru was to be played in Lucknow on Friday, but the tournament was already closed.
When will the new dates of IPL 2025 be announced? This phase of the IPL has stopped here. Now the rest of the world's most exciting T20 League matches will be held only after normal. Its dates will be announced shortly. Another option may be that the match is held at an empty stadium and the viewers are banned from entering the stadium.
IPL was also held in two parts last year The IPL of 2024 was played in two parts as the Lok Sabha elections were being held at the same time. The first part lasted from March 22 to April 7, with 21 matches. After this, when the election dates were fixed, the remaining matches and playoffs were scheduled and played. Due to this the tournament could be easily held and there was no problem.
PSL and IPL are being held together This year the Indian Premier League and the Pakistan Super League are being held almost together. PSL 2025 began on April 11. When the IPL began on March 22. The PSL draft was held after the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, so that only the players who were not sold in the IPL auction. In such a case, great players like David Warner, Daril Mitchell, Jason Holder, Rasi van der Dusen and Ken Williamson turned to PSL. These players remained uncovered at the IPL 2025 mega auction.
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