IPL, PSL to resume after ceasefire Saturday

NEW DELHI, May 16 (AP): The Indian Premier League will resume on Saturday following the simmering down of cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan.

IPL officials made the announcement on Monday, three days after the world's richest Twenty20 league was suspended owing to military strikes by both countries at each other.

No games will be lost. The Punjab Kings-Delhi Capitals game abandoned in Dharamsala in the 11th over on Thursday will be replayed.

Chandigarh and Dharamsala, Punjab's home and the nearest venues to the border, have been ruled out for security and logistics reasons. Punjab will play its final two round-robin games in Jaipur. While the government has reopened 32 airports that were closed in India's north-west corridor, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is restricting the number of venues to six to be used when the IPL resumes. The final, originally scheduled for May 25, will be contested on June 03.

The first two knockout matches will be on May 29 and May 30. Qualifier 2 will be on June 01.

The league will resume with Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking on Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru. India superstar Virat Kohli will be in action for the first time since his test retirement announcement earlier Monday.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is set to resume this weekend after a ceasefire between Pakistan and India.

"PSL X picks up from where it left off! 6 teams, 0 fear," Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi posted Tuesday on X.

"Let the aura take over as we unite and celebrate the spirit of cricket," he posted.