Kolkata Knight Riders’ home match against Lucknow Super Giants on April 6 is set to be relocated to Guwahati.
The April 6 fixture was moved after Kolkata Police expressed their inability to provide security for the IPL fixture due to ‘Ram Navami’ celebrations in the city on the same day.
“We have informed the BCCI to reschedule the match, but there is no scope for rescheduling the game in the city later and I’m now hearing that it’s going to be shifted to Guwahati,” Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President Snehasish Ganguly told a News Agency on Thursday.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had earlier announced that over 20,000 processions would be organised across West Bengal to mark the festival.
The highly-anticipated clash between KKR and LSG, owned by RPSG Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka, was expected to attract a packed stadium, with both teams enjoying strong local support.
“If there’s no police protection, accommodating and managing a 65,000-strong crowd becomes impossible,” Ganguly added.
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Guwahati, which was already set to host two Rajasthan Royals matches on March 26 and 30, will now add this relocated KKR-LSG match to its calendar.
In season 2024, the IPL fixture between KKR and Rajasthan Royals had to be rescheduled due to lack of security arrangements on Ram Navami.
