IPL 2025 PBKS vs MI: With the rising tensions between India and Pakistan after the operation Sindoor has resulted IPL 2025 game between PBKS and MI has been shifted from Dharamsala to Mumbai.
However, no major changes are expected in the IPL 2025 overall schedule. India launched Operation Sindoor on Wednesday in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack.
Despite the exact casualty having not been ascertained, the Indian armed forces destroyed nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) on Wednesday.
It was a coordinated operation undertaken by India’s air, naval and land-based forces. The Operation Sindoor was conducted after 26 people were killed by the terrorists in India’s Pahalgam region on April 22.
The rising tensions between the two countries have also raised question marks over the continuity of the IPL 2025. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources have said that the league will continue as per plans.
A BCCI sources said that “current circumstances will not have any effect on the IPL scheduling.”
Meanwhile IPL chairman Arun Dhumal has said that BCCI will continue to follow government guidelines and makes changes if needed.
“The IPL Governing Council is keeping an eye on the situation. There are a lot of speculative things going on; we cannot do anything about that. But whenever the time comes to take such a decision where it seems that something needs to be done in the country’s interest, then the BCCI will stand in solidarity with the government and the nation,” said BCCI source to media.
With 56 IPL games has been completed in the ongoing IPL 2025 season, while 14 matches are still left. However, there is no clarity on Punjab Kings’ match against Delhi Capitals (DC), which is scheduled for Thursday in Dharamsala.
The problem here is that multiple airports in India’s north and northwestern region have been shut down following Operation Sindoor, as the country is expecting retaliation from Pakistan.
The airports in Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amristar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot have been closed untile 5:30 AM IST on May 10, while the civilian flights have been cancelled at the Kangra airport that serves the Dharamsala region.
The BCCI is currently engaged in discussion with the franchises to plan travel plans from Dharamsala to Delhi in case the airport remains shut.
“Everything is fluid at the moment. Discussions are on with franchises and they are also internally discussing about what are the options of travelling from Dharamsala to Delhi in case the airport remains shut,” a BCCI source told PTI.
“One option (for Delhi Capitals) remains bus journey but then it is not just about teams but also the broadcast crew and equipment. It’s an evolving situation,” he added.
