As per this, the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the clash on Sunday afternoon, instead of the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, which is the second home venue of PBKS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"The venue change has been necessitated due to logistical challenges. The match will begin at 3:30 PM IST as per the original schedule,\" added the BCCI in its statement on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The BCCI\u2019s decision to shift the game to Ahmedabad, the home venue of Gujarat Titans\u2019 (GT), comes after Dharamshala is amongst various cities in North India whose airports are closed till May 10, after the launch of \u2018Operation Sindoor\u2019 by the Indian armed forces on May 7, which targeted nine terrorist sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With civilian air travel to and from Dharamsala being suspended, it had created logistical challenges for the BCCI in organising the smooth conduct of the May 11 clash between PBKS and MI.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anil Patel, the Secretary of Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), had confirmed to IANS on Thursday afternoon that they had accepted BCCI\u2019s request to host the PBKS-MI clash.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cYeah, we are hosting the Punjab-Mumbai IPL game. The BCCI had requested at the last minute, and we have accepted their request to host this game in Ahmedabad, as we can host it. We have also received a message from Mumbai that their side will be coming to Ahmedabad today evening.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut we are yet to receive a message on how the Punjab team will be arriving in Ahmedabad, though there\u2019s a possibility of them coming via a chartered flight tomorrow morning,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
PBKS had made Dharamshala as its home base for three matches this season \u2014 against Lucknow Super Giants, which they won by 37 runs and will take on Delhi Capitals on Thursday evening, before playing their final home game in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut we are yet to receive a message on how the Punjab team will be arriving in Ahmedabad, though there\u2019s a possibility of them coming via a chartered flight tomorrow morning,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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