Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) residence match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals (RR), scheduled for April 17, has been introduced up by a day to April 16, after the Kolkata Police expressed issues over offering safety for each the match and native celebrations for Ram Navami, a Hindu pageant. Bengal additionally begins voting in India’s normal elections from April 19, so a bit of safety personnel will already be deployed for that.
Subsequently, the sport initially scheduled for April 16, Gujarat Titans (GT) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) in Ahmedabad, has been moved to April 17.
“For the reason that match is coinciding with Ram Navami and a portion of safety is already deployed for elections. Due to this fact it will not be doable for us to offer satisfactory safety for the match on April 17,” Kolkata Police stated in a letter to Cricket Affiliation of Bengal (CAB) president Snehasish Ganguly, PTI reported.
Whereas asserting the swap, the assertion put out by the IPL didn’t point out what occurs to tickets already offered for both recreation.
Initially the IPL had launched a partial schedule operating from opening night time on March 22 to April 7. The date for these two matches, together with the remainder of the IPL schedule from April 8 to the ultimate on Might 26, was introduced solely on March 25, with organisers having waited on the dates of polling within the Indian normal elections earlier than firming issues up. The elections will run in seven phases, with Bengal one of many states voting in all seven phases of the election, beginning on April 19 and ending on June 1.
Matches being shifted attributable to safety forces being tied up elsewhere, usually attributable to a pageant, isn’t fully unusual in India. Final yr in the course of the ODI World Cup, for instance, the CAB had requested the BCCI to maneuver the England vs Pakistan recreation from November 12 to 11 to keep away from a conflict with Kali Puja. The Ahmedabad Police, it’s understood, had additionally raised comparable points with the town internet hosting India vs Pakistan in October on the primary day of Navaratri. Finally 9 video games, together with Ind vs Pak, had dates or begin instances modified although BCCI secretary stated on the time that was attributable to numerous boards writing in to the BCCI about logistical points. And New Zealand vs Pakistan in Hyderabad was performed behind closed doorways with the Hyderabad Police expressing issues over policing the sport alongside Ganesh Chaturthi.