IPL 2025 At Risk Of Being Called Off Amid India-Pakistan Border Tension Escalation: Report

The IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals in Dharamsala on Thursday was cancelled halfway following air raid alerts in neighbouring cities of Jammu and Pathankot, placing your entire league liable to being referred to as off because of India’s ongoing navy battle with Pakistan. The Punjab facet was 122 for 1 in 10.1 overs when the lights went out which at first was attributed to floodlight failure. The recreation began later than scheduled because of rain earlier than the hill city went darkish because of .

The groups and the spectators had been ultimately evacuated from the stadium for his or her safety. The capability of the picturesque floor right here is roughly 23,000 and it was packed to about 80 per cent of it on the time of evacuation.

“There was no panic from the spectators. They (spectators and players) were moved out of the stadium very carefully and safely,” an HPCA supply instructed PTI. Prabhsimran Singh was batting at 50 off 28 balls whereas his opening companion Priyansh Arya made 70 off 34 balls earlier than getting dismissed by pacer T Natarajan earlier than proceedings got here to a halt as floodlights went out.

With the cancellation of tonight’s match, it’s not clear whether or not the league will proceed any additional and it’s learnt {that a} BCCI assembly is presently in progress amid safety considerations raised by the taking part overseas gamers.

India launched missile assaults on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir a fortnight after the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault during which 26 individuals had been killed.

On Thursday, a blackout was enforced in a number of districts together with Pathankot, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Mohali in Punjab and Union Territory Chandigarh amid air raid alarms and studies of explosion-like sounds in Jammu.