Even before the commencement of the IPL, the league received a piece of bad news from their neighbor nation Pakistan. In response to IMG Reliance’s decision to pull out of the Pakistan Super League broadcasting after the deadly terrorist attack in Pulwama, the Pakistan authorities have decided not to broadcast the Indian Premier League there.

IPL 2019 will start from tomorrow in Chennai, where the defending champion Chennai Super Kings will lock horns against arch-rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore on Southern Derby.

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Pakistan’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting Fawah Ahmed Chaudhry believes this step by their government will turn out to be a big loss for Indian cricket. He also mentioned it was the outcome of the way Indian government and companies treated Pakistan in recent history.

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Chaudhry, a leader of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was quoted as saying to a Pakistan news channel

“During the PSL, the way the Indian companies and the government treated Pakistan cricket… after that, we can’t tolerate that IPL is shown in Pakistan. We tried to keep politics and cricket apart but then the Indian cricket team played matches wearing army caps against Australia. There was no action taken against that. If IPL is not shown in Pakistan it will be a loss for IPL and Indian cricket. We are a cricketing superpower in international cricket.”

IPL 12 will begin from March 23 in Chennai and the league phase of the league will end on May 5. While the final is scheduled to be played on May 12 in Chennai. This year, BCCI has decided not to take the IPL out of India due to Lok Sabha elections. But both IPL and General Elections are held parallelly this time around with the schedule of IPL is made keeping the elections dates in mind.