After several rounds of outbursts and open statements through media, both the Government of India and the IPL cricketing body have come to a conclusion. The IPL is not postponed or cancelled as it would result in huge loss for the organizers, players in addition to several inconveniences.
"We are extremely grateful and thankful to Home Minister (P Chidambaram) that security will be provided for IPL matches. We will shortly have a new schedule out. The IPL is on," said Lalit Modi, IPL Commissioner.
Modi also said that the tournament will not be hosted outside India. He also added, "there have been lots of speculation, please discount those speculations. We are working through the schedule. It is a cumbersome process. There will be no matches in the cities on the day they go to polls and there will be no matches on the day of the counting (May 16) at all."
So, the IPL sports enthusiats should wait for some more time to see the schedule coming out! The whole world will be looking at the IPL to see how far the security is provided for the players, umpires, staff, spectators, press, media, etc.
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