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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is seriously considering batting legend Sunil Gavaskar’s suggestion to remove cheerleaders and DJs from the remaining games of the ongoing Indian Premier League season. The board is likely to take a call ahead of Saturday’s match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
A report on India Today quoted sources as saying that the board will be taking a decision on the matter soon.
The 18th season of the world’s biggest T20 league had been suspended for a week on Friday due to the military conflict between India and Pakistan, with the game between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals having been called off a day earlier due to security concerns .
The board conducted a meeting on Sunday, a day after the two nations agreed to a ceasefire, and unveiled a revamped schedule on the following day , in which the playoffs get underway from 29 May and the final, which was originally scheduled to take place on 25 May, takes place on 3 June.
Gavaskar calls for an IPL without ‘show-sha baji’
Former India captain Gavaskar had recently suggested that the IPL Governing Council should not have any form of “show-sha baji”, cheerleaders and DJs, included, and called on the BCCI to respect the sentiments of those who have lost their loved ones in the Pahalgam terror attack last month as well as in the military showdown between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
“What I would really like to see is, these are the last few matches. I think we have had about 60 games or thereabouts. I think it is the last 15 or 16 games. I would sincerely… because of what has happened and some families have lost their near and dear ones, I would like all the show-sha baji that goes with it to not be there. Just the game to be played. Let there be crowd but no music. Let’s not have the DJs screaming in the middle of an over. None of that.
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More Shorts“Let’s just have a tournament, the balance of a tournament. No dancing girls, nothing. Just cricket would be a really nice way to respect the sentiment of the families who have lost their near and dear ones,” Gavaskar told Sports Today.
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