HC allows BCCI to hold May 1 IPL match in Pune
April 20, 2016  11:32
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Just in: The Bombay High Court grants permission to BCCI for May 1 IPL match. at MCA stadium in Pune.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India had moved the Bombay High Court to allow the May 1 match of the IPL between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians in Pune to be held as scheduled.

The cricket board is citing logistical difficulties to shift the match out of Maharashtra.

On April 13, taking note of the severe drought situation in several places, High Court had ordered all matches out of Maharashtra from April 30.

But BCCI later moved the court "post haste" through its "authorised representative" Ratnakar Shetty pointing out that Pune has home matches against Gujarat Lions on April 29 and against MI on May 1. And, how it is "practically impossible" for BCCI and the franchise to shift the May 1 match to an alternative venue outside Maharashtra "and make all the arrangements for the same in just a single day."
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