“Precautionary Steps because …”: The President of the IPL broke the silence on the PBKS vs DC match in Dharamshala.

IPL President Arun Dhumal said IANS President Arun Dhumal said that the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capital has been called to the HPCA Stadium on Thursday. The PBK was 122/1 in 10.1 overs at the time of closing at the time of the game, which was closed to stadium floodlights. “Yes, the match has been called as a precautionary step, because there are some incidents that happened in Jammu, I believe. That is what we have come to know, so we thought it is wise to call the game,” Dhamal said to Dharamshala.

This agency understands that due to security reasons, the tournament and local authorities have started emptying fans and both teams from HPCA Stadium. Jammu developed after a complete blackout, which had reports of missile lines and drone attacks from Pakistan in the sky.

A full blackout has been observed in Baramulla and Pathankot, while Chandigarh is also indicated for a complete blackout. In the match starting after a delay of one hour, Prabhasimran Singh (50 Not Out) and Priyash Arya (70) shared a rolling 122-run opening stand.

While choosing to bat first, Arya was away from the impression from the word Go by striking Mitchell Starc for constant borders. From the other end, Prabhasimran Singh killed him for three borders and took him to Stark, before Arya hit Chamera for four and two sixes. Despite the introduction of Exer Patel in the fifth over, there was no relief for DC as PBK abolished the power-play at 69/0.

After that, Arya continued his attacker style of playing by lieuching for six, before reaching 25 balls from his fifty to 25 balls. Despite Madhav Tiwari’s introduction, PBK was not stopped as he reached his hundred in 8.5 overs.

Arya then looked Kuldeep for a consecutive sixes and pushed him forward in his attacking instinct, before Prabhasimran hit him for four and then reached fourth fifty off 28 balls, as PBK reached 122/0 in half the way.

DC finally broke the 122 -run partnership when Arya. Natarajan was closed, but the top edge was caught by short third man. Shortly thereafter, the players left the field before the next ball due to the failure of the floodlight in the stadium, before the game was eventually closed.

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