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IPL 2018: Two days before tournament commences, BCCI, Star yet to get to get permission to uplink matches

Will we get to see our favourite teams live?

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Amid the media rights for India’s bilateral cricket series at home for the next five years, it has also come to the forefront that there is a cloud of uncertainty over the broadcasting of Indian Premier League matches.

According to a Mumbai Mirror report, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and IPL’s producer-broadcasters Star had not got the permission to uplink the matches.

 The report added that officials have already written to Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani about the delay.  “Given that we’re close to the event, we request your kind intervention in ensuring that the permission is granted urgently to ensure that our Indian audiences are able to view and enjoy the event and to prevent significant commercial losses to the parties involved.  The Event is scheduled to commence on April 17, 2018 and we understand Star India Private Limited has made a compliant application to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for permission for temporary live uplinking of the Event from 06 April, 2018,” the BCCI wrote in its letter. The ministry is yet to respond to it.

The first IPL match is between defending champions Mumbai Indians and three-time winners Chennai Super Kings. CSK is making its comeback after it was barred from playing two seasons due to a spot-fixing controversy

Earlier, the Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) party said that they have submitted a letter to the Police Commissioner of Chennai requesting the authorities to ban Indian Premier League (IPL) match on April 10 till Cauvery Mangement Board (CMB) is formed.

The party urged authorities not to organise the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.

"We have submitted our request to Police Commissioner to not let IPL match take place on April 10 till Cauvery Mangement Board is formed. If at all any match happens we will protest in the stadium," TVK leader Panruti T Velmurugan told media here on Wednesday.

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