BCCI Suspends IPL 2025 Amid Indo-Pak Border Tensions

As tensions between India and Pakistan continue to rise, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended the IPL indefinitely.

The BCCI suspended yesterday's and today's matches between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals and the Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru due to ongoing tensions.

The Indian government launched "Operation Sindoor" on May 7th as a military reaction to a terrorist assault in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22nd, which is said to be the cause of the recent surge in tensions. There have been reports of Drone Strikes & missile strikes in the Indian cities that are close to the Border area, suggesting that the operation has sparked retaliatory operations. In response to these retaliations, Air raids, Siren appeals & blackouts were imposed in several cities of India.

Following air raid alerts in nearby Indian cities of Jammu and Pathankot, the 58th league match of the IPL 2025 between the Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was canceled after 10.1 overs of play in the first half on Thursday, May 8, at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala. This puts the entire league at risk of being postponed until further notice.

The 59th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Lucknow Super Giants & Royal Challengers Bengaluru has been postponed. Lucknow has hosted 5 games in the tournament till now, with the last two matches to be played against RCB & SRH, which have now been postponed.

When verifying the situation to PTI, a top BCCI official said, "It does not look nice that cricket goes on while the country is at war." Due to the ban, the rest of the season, which was supposed to end in Kolkata on May 25, is now completely unknown.