IPL 2021 matches to be moved to Mumbai
The Hindu
The concluding leg of tournament was set to be held in Bengaluru, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) caravan is set to undergo a scheduling revamp, with the concluding leg of the tournament being planned in Mumbai instead of Bengaluru, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), custodian of the IPL, is working out a rejig, a formal announcement of the change in fixtures is likely to be made later on Tuesday. At the moment, it is being mulled that the franchises, broadcast and operations crew will start travelling to Mumbai from May 7 and the first game in Mumbai of the “reworked last leg” will be played after May 10.For the first time in a Lok Sabha election, the AIADMK forfeited deposits in seven constituencies. For the ruling DMK, the verdict is seen as a popular endorsement of the functioning of its three-year government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The outcome indicates that the BJP, whose Hindutva ideology has all along been considered alien to the political ethos of Tamil Nadu
Cardiologist and MP-elect from Bengaluru Rural C.N. Manjunath, who contested from the BJP and defeated three-time Congress MP D.K. Suresh, said he was the “people’s candidate” and that it is their aspiration to see him in the Union Cabinet. In an interview with The Hindu, he claimed his victory was possible because those who were treated at the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research became his “ambassadors”.