'Stay Prepared For Resumption in...': BCCI's Stern Message to Overseas IPL Stars Who Are Leaving India Amid War With Pakistan

India-Pakistan War: In the wake of Operation Sindoor 2.0, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) took a call to suspend the tournament midway indefinitely. With tensions growing by the minute between the two nations at war, the franchises, after deliberations - decided to send the overseas players home as the tournament was suspended indefinitely with no guarantee when it will resume. 

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Although the BCCI has given assurance that the tournament should resume within a week, given the escalations between the nations - it does not seem cricket can practically happen. Yet the BCCI has sent a stern message to the overseas players as per The Indian Express to be prepared to return in a week. 

The Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals game in Dharamshala was called off midway after the lights were shut due to the India-Pakistan cross-border attacks. The ground was evacuated immediately and the players took the Vande Bharat train to New Delhi. 

Has IPL Ever Been Suspended Midway? 

For the unversed, the cash-rich league has been suspended indefinitely only once and that was during the second wave of Covid in 2021 when there were multiple breaches in the bio-bubble. 

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What BCCI Would be Looking at? 

With 58 matches already played in the 2025 season and with 12 games still remaining, all the BCCI is ideally looking at is a 14-day window to get it done with. Now, when they will get that 14-day window would be something to keep an eye on. The BCCI would also have the England tour at the back of their mind. And hence, a lot is already there on BCCI's plate to deal with.