MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will consult all the stakeholders over the next two days and seek government nod before resuming IPL 2025, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia told TOI on Saturday. Even though US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire between India and Pakistan on Saturday, the on-ground situation was still fluid, with Pakistan violating the ceasefire later in the day.“The BCCI suspended the IPL yesterday for a period of seven days, and, today, we are on the second day with five more days left.The BCCI is closely monitoring the evolving situation and developments, and will take a call on IPL resumption after consulting all stakeholders of IPL and the concerned Government authorities,” Saikia said.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!He then told this paper: “In the next 48 hours, we will begin consultations with the franchises, broadcasters, sponsors and the state associations slated to host the remaining matches before crystallizing to a decision on the league’s resumption. Given the importance of IPL at this juncture, it will also be prudent and necessary to take the nod of the Government of India before finalising the time for its restart. BCCI will duly announce the date of IPL restart once the whole process is over in due course of time.”Who’s that IPL player?The BCCI is likely to hold a meeting of its IPL Governing Council on Sunday on when and how to resume the remainder of the IPL 2025. Informally, the BCCI has informally sounded out the franchises about restarting the IPL in a week’s time.“It will be resumed soon, ASAP,” is how a franchise official put it, though another said, “not before next Friday,” which means it’s likely that it will be resumed from the next weekend.
It’s also likely that venues in the south like Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, and in the west like Mumbai and Ahmedabad, host the 16 remaining IPL 2025 matches. The tournament was suspended on Friday for a week due to heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. The BCCI is set to soon get a nod from the Indian government to resume the tournament.The difficult part of resuming the IPL quickly in the current environment, is of course that plenty of foreign players, who have left for their homes, may not return for the rest of the season. “Apart from the Australian and South African players involved in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s in London (from June 11-15), the others will return,” a franchise official said. It’s clear that with Sunrisers Hyderabad out of the race for a playoffs berth, Australian captain Pat Cummins and opener Travis Head may not return for the rest of the league.A total of 57 matches had been completed in IPL 2025. The 58th match was going on May 8 between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Delhi Capitals (DC) in Dharamsala, which was called off after 10.1 overs of play on security grounds. A decision will also be taken by the IPL GC on whether that match would be replayed or resumed from the point where it was abandoned.There are 12 league matches remaining, followed by the four playoffs. Originally, Hyderabad was meant to host the first qualifier and the eliminator, with Kolkata hosting the second qualifier and the final.
