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IPL new schedule to be declared today

The Indian Premier League (IPL) will declare its new schedule for Twenty20 cricket matches, after submitting it to the home ministry.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has sent a revised schedule for Twenty20 cricket matches to the Home Ministry.

According to the sources, the ministry has forwarded the schedule to state DGs for assessment and approval.

The exercise is aimed at providing foolproof security for the matches, originally scheduled to be played between April 10 and May 24 and spread over eight States.

As the IPL programme coincides with the Lok Sabha elections, there was concern over security to the players as well as at the venues.

Following is the IPL schedule for season 2 :-

Mumbai
April- 10, 12, 15, 18, 26
May- 9, 10, 12, 22, 24

Kolkata
April- 11, 14, 18, 21, 26
May- 2, 4

Bangaluru
April- 11
May- 7, 11, 13, 14, 20

Mohali
April- 12, 17, 18, 22, 28
May- 1, 17

Hyderabad
April- 13, 23, 27
May- 3, 6, 8, 10

Nagpur
April- 30
May- 2, 6

Vishakhapatnam
April- 18, 23, 26, 28

Jaipur
April- 14, 18, 20
May- 16

Delhi
April- 24, 25
May- 9, 12, 14, 18, 20

Chennai
May- 17, 19, 21, 22


Indian Premier league has now been rescheduled and two new venues are added after concerns about the security. However, the matches will start on April 10 as scheduled and end on May 24. Because of election in India, terror attack in Pakistan, the following new changes has been made to IPL 2009:

1) The opening match will be played in Mumbai instead of Jaipur.
2) No matches will be held on the day of election and 3 days before and after it.
3) Two new venues - Ahmedabad and Vishakapatnam are added.

The final full schedules and fixtures are yet to be announced but its now clear that it will start and end on time. Home minister had said that they could provide security if the matches directly didn't clash with election schedules which means it has happened as he said.

Several foreign players have raised concerns about the security for playing in IPL. All Pakistan players will not play IPL 2009 now and Pietersen, the most expensive player is too doubtful.