New Delhi: The organizers of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Thursday were forced to change the schedule of the event for 2011 due to upcoming elections in the country’s five Assembly states.
Organizers said in a statement that they have made some changes to the original 2011 IPL schedule to accommodate assembly elections in the states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry.
Taking into account the revised schedule, the organizers also extended the deadline for media accreditation and stated that new forms will be available soon.
The revised media accreditation form will be sent out to the media shortly. Media representatives who have already applied for accreditation will be contacted separately by the IPL accreditation team,” IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin said in a statement.
“The submission deadline has been extended by two days to 6:00 pm on Friday, March 25, 2011,” he added.
Revised IPL schedule for 2011:
April 8: 20:00 – Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Raiders in Chennai
April 9: 21:4 – Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad.
20:00 – Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Kochi.
April 10th: 16:00 – Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians in Delhi
20:00 – Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab in Navi Mumbai.
11 April: 20:00 – Kolkata Knight Raiders vs. Dean Chargers in Kolkata
12th of April: 16:00 – Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevil in Jaipur
20:00 – Bangalore Royal Pretenders vs. Mumbai Indians in Bangalore.
April 13: 16:00 – Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings in Mohali.
20:00 – Pune Warriors vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala in Navi Mumbai.
14th of April: 20:00 – Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad.
April 15: 16:00 – Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Raiders in Jaipur.
20:00 – Mumbai Indians vs Kochi Taskers Kerala in Mumbai
April 16: 16:00 – Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai.
20:00 – Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab in Hyderabad.
April 17: 16:00 – Pune Warriors vs Delhi Daredevil in Navi Mumbai.
20:00 – Kolkata Knight Raiders vs Rajasthan Royals in Kolkata.
April 18th: 20:00 – Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Chennai Super Kings in Kochi.
April 19: 16:00 – Delhi Daredevils vs. Dean Chargers in Delhi.
20:00 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals in Bangalore.
20 April: 16:00 – Mumbai Indians vs Pune warriors in Mumbai.
20:00 – Kolkata Knight Raiders vs Kochi Taskers Kerala in Kolkata.
April 21: 20:00 – Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals in Mohali.
April 22: 16:00 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Kolkata.
20:00 – Mumbai Indians vs. Chennai Super Kings in Mumbai.
April 23: 20:00 – Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab in Delhi.
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