India suspends IPL for a week, Pakistan moves T20 league amid conflict

The Indian Premier League was suspended for 1 week connected Friday portion the Pakistan Super League moved its remaining matches to the United Arab Emirates successful the aftermath of the ongoing struggle betwixt the nuclear-armed neighbours.

India’s biggest home sports tourney has been suspended for 1 week pursuing the escalating subject tensions with Pakistan, who person relocated their ain premier event.

The Indian Premier League (IPL), which attracts apical players from astir the world, was halted with contiguous effect, the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) said connected Friday.

“Further updates regarding the caller docket and venues of the tourney volition beryllium announced successful owed people aft a broad appraisal of the concern successful consultation with applicable authorities and stakeholders,” the BCCI said successful a statement.

The determination comes aft a nighttime of artillery exchanges betwixt Indian and Pakistani soldiers crossed their frontier successful Kashmir, amid a increasing subject standoff that erupted pursuing an onslaught connected tourists successful the India-controlled information of the disputed region.

The IPL is the astir fashionable cricket tourney successful the satellite and runs betwixt March and May. This twelvemonth it featured 65 planetary cricketers from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, England and Afghanistan.

The 10-team contention inactive has 12 games to beryllium played successful the radical signifier earlier the knockout rounds. The last had been scheduled for May 25 successful Kolkata.

The BCCI said the determination to suspend the tourney was made “in the corporate involvement of each stakeholders”.

“While cricket remains a nationalist passion, determination is thing greater than the Nation and its sovereignty, integrity, and information of our country,” the BCCI connection said.

The suspension comes aft the lucifer betwixt Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals successful Dharamshala successful bluish India was abandoned connected Thursday evening erstwhile the powerfulness went retired during a government-mandated blackout. Punjab’s adjacent crippled against Mumbai Indians had already been moved from Dharamshala to Mumbai due to the fact that of the closure of respective airports successful the Indian northwestern corridor.

Pakistan earlier said it was moving its home T20 tourney to the United Arab Emirates due to the fact that of the tensions. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the relocation of the Pakistan Super League to Dubai successful a connection released aboriginal Friday, citing increasing concerns among overseas players and the request to prioritise their safety.

On Thursday, authorities said an Indian drone fell wrong the analyzable of the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium hours earlier the commencement of a PSL crippled successful which respective overseas cricketers from New Zealand, Australia, West Indies, South Africa and England were owed to compete.

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