With Maharashtra facing the worst drought in three decades, the Bombay High Court is hearing a PIL filed by the NGO Loksatta Movement which wants the matches moved out of the state. A series of offers were made today to prevent  IPL matches from being moved out of Maharashtra. The court order is expected at 4:30 pm.

Today, the Pune and Mumbai IPL teams said they were willing to donate Rs 5 crore each to the CM's drought relief fund. The BCCI said it will match the amount. The BCCI also said it would supply 40 lakh litres to Latur, but it would be difficult to move the IPL matches out of the state. 

-- During the hearing, the petitioner's lawyer said that arguments by the franchise's lawyer said that they may suffer financial losses. The petitioner's lawyer asked, "can money be a substitute for water? In 2009 also, IPL was shifted to South Africa. Shifting IPL matches was not an answer.

-- BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur asks, "How many swimming pools of 5-star hotels have been shut? Have people stopped watering their lawns?"

-- Pune franchise says that cricket is a religion in India and people are willing to forsake it to watch IPL matches.

-- The government says there is nothing wrong in playing sports as long as there is no misuse of water.