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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced a change to the schedule of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 due to Rama Navami. The match no.19 of the IPL 2025, which was originally set to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Sunday, April 6 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, will now be played on April 8. This rescheduling comes after the Kolkata Police Department made a request to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) due to Rama Navami which will be celebrated on April 6.
BCCI moves KKR vs LSG match to April 8
The police cited the need for personnel deployment throughout the city due to upcoming festivities. Authorities recommended that the match be moved to Tuesday, April 8 with a revised start time of 3:30 PM. BCCI has accommodated this request, and the match will now take place on the rescheduled date and time. Notably, the change in KKR versus LSG's schedule won't affect the rest of fixture.
To clarify the changes to the schedule, Sunday, April 6, will now feature a single IPL match. Sunrisers Hyderabad will host the Gujarat Titans at 7:30 PM, as originally planned for Match No. 20. April 8, will become a day with two IPL matches. The rescheduled game between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants will take place in Kolkata during the afternoon. This will be followed by the previously scheduled evening match between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings (Match No. 22) in New Chandigarh.
"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announces the rescheduling of Match No. 19 of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), originally scheduled for Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The decision follows a request from Kolkata Police to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) regarding the deployment of personnel across the city owing to festivities. The authorities have recommended that the game be moved to Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 3:30 PM, and the request has been accommodated accordingly. The rest of the schedule remains unchanged," IPL's statement read.
"For clarity, Sunday, April 6, will now be a single-header match day, with Sunrisers Hyderabad hosting Gujarat Titans at 7:30 PM (Match No. 20) as originally scheduled. Tuesday, April 8, will be a double-header match day, featuring the KKR vs. LSG fixture in the afternoon in Kolkata, followed by Punjab Kings hosting Chennai Super Kings (Match No. 22) in New Chandigarh in the evening, as per the original schedule," it added.
Both KKR and LSG have so far played two matches and have won one match each. KKR kicked off their campaign with a loss against RCB but made a comeback with a sensational win against RR in their next match. Rishabh Pant's LSG also got off to a shaky start with heartbreaking defeat against Delhi Capitals before gunning down Sunrisers Hyderabad in their following match.
LSG's full squad for IPL 2025:
Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M. Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke.
KKR's full squad for IPL 2025
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik
