IPL 2025 | "Efforts are being made to resume the tournament early": Shukla

Suspended due to the IndiaPakistan military conflict the Indian Premier League IPL is set to resume either on May 16 or 17 with the possibility of the final being moved out of KolkataThe announcement of ceasefire on Saturday paved the way for resumption of the league that was suspended on May 9 for one weekThe IPL Governing Council members and the BCCI officials discussed the resumption plan on SundayNew schedule being chartedBCCI vicepresident Rajeev Shukla said the board is still working on creating a suitable schedule ldquoAs of now there is no decision on IPL BCCI officials are working out on the solutions BCCI secretary IPL Chairman are in talks with franchises and everyone so very soon we will know about the decision efforts are being made to resume the tournament earlyrdquo said ShuklaAlso ReadIND vs ENG Tests Sai Sudharsan Dhruv Jurel likely to get picked for England tourAn IPL source said the league will resume with the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Lucknow mdash the game which was supposed to be played on May 9ldquoAll the teams have been asked to call back their players the tournament will resume either on May 16 or 17 in Lucknow The final schedule will be shared tomorrow Mondayrdquo a source told PTIldquoMost likely the matches will be held at four venues and Delhi and Dharamsala wonrsquot get to host more matches All the equipment has already been removed from these venuesrdquo added the sourceThe source also said that there wonrsquot be any change in the venue for Qualifier I and Eliminator that Hyderabad was supposed to host but Kolkata may miss out on hosting the final most likely on June 1 due to rain forecast on that day in the city ldquoAs of now there is no change in venues for the playoff stage but it seems rain can affect the final in Kolkata In that case the final could be played in Ahmedabadrdquo said the sourceGovernment nod neededSpeaking to PTI BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia added ldquoIn the next few days we will begin consultations with the franchises broadcasters sponsors and the state associations slated to host the remaining matches before crystallisating to a decision on the leaguersquos resumptionldquoGiven that the importance of IPL at this juncture it will also be prudent and necessary to take the nod of the Government of India before finalising the time for its restartrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params