INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
India’s cricket board has suspended the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 tournament amid rising tensions between India and
Pakistan, Reuters reported on Friday.
Thursday’s IPL match was abandoned midway after fighting began in India’s border regions, but the
cricket board attributed the disruption to a power failure at the stadium in the hill city of Dharamsala.
The world’s richest cricket
tournament began its current season on March 22, and the final fixture was scheduled to be played on May 25, with matches being spread over
13 venues across the country.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have been locked in conflict since Wednesday, when India targeted multiple
locations in Pakistan, claiming they were “terrorist infrastructure” in response to a deadly attack in Kashmir last month.
New Delhi
named two Pakistani nationals as suspects and accused Islamabad of being involved in the attack, a charge Pakistan denied and sought an
independent probe.
India’s army said Pakistan’s armed forces carried out “multiple attacks” using drones and other munitions across
the entire western border on Thursday night and early Friday, a claim Pakistan denied.
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