The IPL carnival was brought to a screeching halt on Thursday by air raid alerts in neighbouring cities, forcing the league’s administrators to pause and review the “evolving” and escalating military confrontation between India and Pakistan.
The Punjab side was 122 for 1 in 10.1 overs when lights went out in the quaint hill town, attributed to floodlight failure at first. The game had started later than scheduled due to rain before the city went dark for some time.
The teams and the assembled fans were eventually evacuated from the stadium for their security. The picturesque ground can accommodate approximately 23,000 spectators and it was packed to about 80 per cent of its capacity at the time of evacuation.
Prabhsimran Singh was batting at 50 off 28 balls while his opening partner Priyansh Arya made 70 off 34 balls before getting dismissed when proceedings came to a halt.
