No IPL opening ceremony, Budget amount to be given to Pulwama attack victims

Today CoA member Vinod Rai told that this year IPL 2019 we will not have a regular IPL opening ceremony and the amount of the budget for the opening ceremony will be given to families of the victims of this terror attack.

Rai also said that we will write to ICC expressing our concerns about attacks that took place and that security of players, officials and everybody else must be taken care of. We are telling the cricketing community that in future we must sever ties with nations from where terror emanates.

"16th June (India vs Pakistan match in World Cup) is very far away. We will take a call on that much later and in consultations with the government," Rai further added.