Picture from PBKS vs DC, IPL 2025 match in Dharamsala.© BCCI
After the indefinite suspension of the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with immediate effect by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the all ten franchises are actually awaiting further advice over how they will start sending Indian and overseas players, in addition to support staff and other crew members, back to their respective homes once the briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) happens on Friday evening. “Yes, IPL franchises have now been informed of the IPL 2025 being indefinitely suspended with immediate effect by the BCCI. The franchises who’re at their respective bases will now stay put for 3 to 4 hours.”
“The franchises are actually awaiting further advice after the MEA briefing happens on Friday evening over how they will start sending Indian and overseas players, in addition to support staff and other crew members, back to their respective homes,” added the sources.
The choice to indefinitely suspend IPL 2025 with immediate effect got here attributable to cross-border tension between India and Pakistan, especially after air and drone strikes from Pakistan resulted in blackouts in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur on Thursday evening, all of that are in close proximity to Dharamshala. It resulted within the match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Delhi Capitals (DC) being called off on the HPCA Stadium just after the halfway mark of the primary innings.
With the airport in Dharamshala and other north Indian cities closed, the players and support staff members of each PBKS and DC, together with match officials, commentators, broadcast crew members and other key IPL-related personnel have been evacuated from Dharamshala by a special train organised by the tournament on Friday morning and is predicted to achieve Latest Delhi.
IANS also understands that the Australian contingent within the IPL, comprising each players and support staff, could possibly be flying out from India from as early as Saturday morning, especially considering each Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) issued statements regarding the security and well-being of their players.
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