The final match of IPL 2025 was to be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata but was later shifted to Ahmedabad. After which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has targeted the BCCI and called this decision political. After which BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla has now given a statement on this. Rajiv Shukla has said that no politics should be seen in the match shifted. This decision has not been taken with any political spirit.
BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla further said that, if the IPL schedule had not been averted for a week, the final would have been in Kolkata and the playoff in Hyderabad. When the schedule was changed, the weather conditions were seen and the broadcaster firmly put that the weather forecast of Kolkata is bad in those days and the match may be washed away in those days, so the match should be at a place where the rain is low. All places were seen and according to the weather reports, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad had the lowest expectation of rain. Due to which the match was shifted.
Rajiv Shukla said that it is not that it is just a matter of Kolkata, matches were shifted from Hyderabad, it has already happened. There is no political objective behind this.
Mamta Banerjee had targeted
Let me tell you that, West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee said that I do not build the stadium in my name. I do not get a railway line in my name. I do not need my promotion. It is enough to live as an ideal person. The CM of West Bengal surrounded the Government of India and further said that you made Modi stadium and all the matches are being held there. Why no matches are happening in Karnataka, Kerala, Bengal. Why are all matches happening in Gujarat? I know everything. If I open my mouth, then all your reputation will go away, which you have earned outside.
VIDEO | West Bengal government, on Sunday, criticised the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to relocate the playoff and final matches of the IPL from Kolkata to Gujarat, claiming that political considerations influenced it.
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