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IPL 2016 matches after April 30 to be shifted outside Maharashtra, orders Bombay High Court

A total of five more matches will be played in Maharashtra during this edition of the IPL.

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All Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 matches, which were scheduled to be played in Maharashtra after April 30 will be moved out of the state as per the orders of the Bombay High Court. There will be 13 matches which were to be played in Maharashtra beginning from May 4, but will now be shifted out of the state due to the ongoing drought situation in the state. Six matches were scheduled to be played in Pune, four in Mumbai and three in Nagpur after April 30. As a result of the Court’s order, there will be a total of five more matches, which will be played in Maharashtra.The venue as to where the matches will be played has not been announced yet, but it is certain that it will not take place in Maharashtra. This means that the final, which was to be held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will now be shifted to another location. READ: IPL 2016: Bombay High Court asks BCCI to shift IPL 9 matches out of Maharashtra due to drought

Bombay High Court which said in view of the grim water crunch in Maharashtra due to drought it would be better to shift the Indian Premier League matches outside the state. Hearing a petition filed by Loksatta Movement which challenged use of 60 lakh litres of water to maintain pitches at three stadiums where IPL matches would be held from April 9, a division bench headed by Justice V M Kanade said it was the state government’s responsibility to impose restraint on use of water during drought. READ: IPL 2016: BJP demands matches to be shifted out of Maharashtra due to drought

THe T20 World Cup 2016 final was held in Eden Gardens, Kolkata and there is a high chance of the final happening there. Mumbai BJP Secretary Vivekananda Gupta has demanded that IPL cricket matches scheduled to be played in Maharashtra should be shifted out of the state due to prevailing drought conditions. Gupta, in a letter addressed to BCCI President Shashank Manohar, stated that a standard cricket field requires a minimum of 80,000 to 1,00,000 litres of water per application. Approximately two to three such applications are required per week that comes to 1,60,000 to 3,00,000 litres of water per week to maintain turf growth and repair damaged areas.

(With inputs from PTI)

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