Just in: Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said that the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League will not be held in India because of the upcoming general elections. The home ministry says it will be difficult to provide security during the IPL matches.

IPL could be shifted to South Africa due to the security concerns posed by the upcoming General Elections, the dates of which are clashing with the event. The IPL could be held any time between April 9 to June 3.

The IPL governing council has said that the seventh edition of the tournament would be played in South Africa if it had to be moved out of India. Bangladesh and UAE too, were in the short-list earlier, but no longer feature in the race. In 2009, IPL was held in South Africa because of the Lok Sabha elections.