Will IPL 2025 be suspended amid India-Pak tensions? Chairman says this
We are reviewing the situation right now, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal said on whether the league will continue amid Indo-Pak military conflict.
A call on whether the Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2025 will continue amid the escalating military conflict between India and Pakistan will taken after reviewing the situation, said IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Thursday.
Dhumal's statement came after the Indian Premiere League (IPL) cricket match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals, which was going at the cricket stadium in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala on Thursday, was called off midway. The match was stopped as the town went dark amid drone and missile attack launched by Pakistan towards Indian cities. The Dharamshala stadium was evacuated.
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“We are reviewing the situation right now. It is an evolving situation. We haven't received any directive from the government. Obviously the decision will be taken keeping all the logistics in mind,” news agency PTI quoted IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on whether the league will continue amid Indo-Pak military conflict.
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India-Pak tensions
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated sharply on Thursday evening following a Pakistani drone and missile attack targeting regions in Jammu, Punjab, and Rajasthan. The attempted strike which was confimed to be of Pakistani origin by the Ministry of Defence later was intercepted by Indian air defence systems, triggering blackouts, air raid sirens in several cities, and the suspension of the IPL match underway in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
It all began with Indian defence systems thwarting a suspected drone and missile incursion over Jammu, before reports emerged of explosions in parts of Punjab, sensitive zones in Rajasthan, and later across various points along the western border, according to military sources cited by PTI news agency.
This escalation comes just a day after New Delhi launched ‘Operation Sindoor’—a targeted military strike on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) —in retaliation for the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam.
