Delhi: Former Indian team captain Sourav Ganguly has revealed that he is constantly in touch with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), so that the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 finals can be held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The BCCI has not yet confirmed the venue of the playoffs after the new schedule of the last phase of the tournament was announced.
Let me tell you that Kolkata was first handed over the final of the tournament and the host of qualifier 2. However, the 18th season of the IPL was postponed in the middle due to the increasing border tension between India and Pakistan, and after that the BCCI has not announced a new venue. Recently, Ganguly expressed his opinion on this issue and said that he is regularly talking to BCCI and everything will be clear soon.
In a conversation with PTI, Ganguly said, “No, no, we are trying. BCCI is talking. Is it so easy to shift the final?
Rain spoiled the game, RCB-KKR canceled, Kolkata out of playoffs
The 58th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 was to be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday, 17 May, but due to continuous rains, the toss could not be done and the match was canceled at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and the match was canceled.
Due to the cancellation of the match, both teams got one point each. With this, RCB got 17 points in 12 matches and she reached the first place in the points table. At the same time, defending champion KKR could have only 12 points in 13 matches and after this result he was out of the playoff race.
In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have become the fourth team to be out of IPL 2025. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad (8th place), Rajasthan Royals (9th place) and Chennai Super Kings (10th place) have already been out of the tournament.
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