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IPL matches of CSK shifted to Pune in Wake of The Protests
By CricShots - Apr 11, 2018 5:20 pm
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Jaipur,  All the remaining Indian Premier League (IPL) matches of Chennai Super Kings will be shifted out of Chennai to Pune in the wake of Tuesday’s violence over the Cauvery waters dispute.

“CSK will be asked to move their home matches to Pune as the Chennai police have expressed their inability to provide adequate security for the remaining matches,” IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla told reporters here on Wednesday.

Pune stadium during IPL

Earlier, talking to IANS on phone, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Chief Executive Officer K.S. Viswanathan said: “We talked to the Chennai’s Commissioner of Police over the issue. He suggested we shift the matches as the situation is volatile in the city.”

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“We have put the ball in BCCI’s court and the board will now take a call on the issue,” he added.

Various Tamil groups had demanded that the authorities cancel all IPL matches in Chennai until the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC) as mandated by the Supreme Court are set up the Central government.