IPL set to resume as discussions restart after ceasefire: reports
TOUGH WAIT Cricket fans stand outside the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on May 9, 2025, after the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament was suspended for a week following the cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan. The Indian Premier League, the richest tournament in cricket, was suspended for one week on May 9 because of the conflict between New Delhi and Pakistan. Picture: Arun Sankar/AFP
Rajeev Shukla, vice-president of the BCCI, told Indian media that officials would meet on Sunday to decide the future course of action.
Saikia added they will "take a call on IPL resumption after consulting all stakeholders of IPL and the concerned government authorities."
Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan called a halt to hostilities on Saturday and Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI ) secretary Devajit Saikia told website cricbuzz they were "closely monitoring the evolving situation."
India cricket board officials were reported to be meeting Sunday to discuss a quick resumption of the IPL , following India and Pakistan agreeing a ceasefire in their deadly border conflict.
IPL Suspended Amid Rising Tensions Between India and Pakistan
The Indian Premier League was on Friday suspended for a week, a day after a match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capital was abandoned in Dharamsala, less than 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the northern city of Jammu, where explosions were reported hours earlier.
A special train was arranged for players to return to Delhi on Friday as airspace was closed, while overseas stars began to head home on Saturday.
Teams on Sunday were reported to be contacting their overseas players and coaching staff about returning, with website ESPNcricinfo saying the IPL could restart around May 15 if given the go-ahead by the government.
There are 12 regular season games remaining to be played followed by three playoff matches and the final, originally scheduled for May 25.
India and Pakistan have fought two of their three full-scale wars over Kashmir, a disputed territory that both claim in full but administer separate portions of since gaining independence from British rule in 1947.
New Delhi launched missile strikes on Wednesday morning in retaliation for a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-run Kashmir two weeks ago that India blames on Pakistan.
Islamabad has denied any involvement.
At least 60 people have been killed on both sides of the border since Wednesday, in the worst violence in decades between the South Asian neighbours.
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