A few matches in the continuing version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been rescheduled owing to Ram Navami celebrations in the City of Joy, Kolkata. The Hindu competition is slated for April 17 and on the identical date the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had been to host the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Eden Gardens. Hence, the sport has now been moved forward by at some point to Tuesday, April 16 which meant the sooner scheduled recreation in Ahmedabad swapping the dates.
“The Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad was earlier scheduled to host the match between Gujarat Titans & Delhi Capitals on April 16, 2024. The fixture will now be played on April 17, 2024,” an IPL launch mentioned.
With the overall elections quick approaching and a portion of safety deployed to guarantee easy celebrations of the competition, the choice was taken to transfer the dates. “Since the match is coinciding with Ram Navami and a portion of security is already deployed for elections. Therefore it won’t be possible for us to provide adequate security for the match on April 17,” Kolkata Police was quoted as saying to PTI in a letter to Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Snehashish Ganguly.
The fixture guarantees to be a mouth-watering context given each KKR and the Royals are the one unbeaten groups in the event simply but. Even although it’d change in just a few days given there are nonetheless two weeks to go for the conflict, the 2 groups look very sturdy and there isn’t any motive why it might be one of many games of the event.
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