March 14, 2009

Security over IPL T20 cricket second season

After attack on Sri Lankan crickets in Lahore, BCCI organized, lacerative India Premier League cricket IPL T20 authority is thinking seriously about security. Indian election and IP T20 cricket match will be scheduled in the same time. So, it arises question that how India government will provide extra security over the IPL tournament. During the second season of the cricket tournament the authority applied for security and the govt. asked to modify the schedule. After re-changing schedule but did not get any response. 

Guardian

The IPL is scheduled to be held from 10 April to 24 May, while the elections for the Indian parliament's lower house will take place across the country in five different phases between 16 April and 13 May. The tournament organisers had altered their original match schedule after the federal interior minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, cited security problems due to the clash between the elections and the IPL. Even the revised match schedule, which sought to keep matches away from a city or state on the polling dates there, did not secure the home ministry's approval. After a video conference involving the interior ministry and senior police officials of seven states that are scheduled to host matches, the home ministry asked IPL officials to again redraw the schedule.

 Really, it is burning question for the cricket players are thinking over security concern. I think the govt. will thing seriously about it because this is a big and effective matter for cricket and also for Indian economy during word economic downfall.