India and Pakistan maintain a hostile situation, and political tension raises many concerns for the Indian citizens. When the situation is so hostile that the chances of getting into a war are likely, the biggest event of the current sporting landscape, the Indian Premier League (IPL), has to bear the consequences. If, by any chance, the event has to wind up early to pick out a winner, the only fair and logical option would be to cancel the league matches and pick out the top 4 teams according to their standing in the points table.
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Current Standings
According to the current standings, the Gujarat Titans maintains the top position at the points table with 8 wins in 11 matches, The Royal Challengers Bengaluru find the second spot at the points table also win 8 wins in 11 matches. The Punjab Kings secured the third spot with 7 wins in 11 matches. The Mumbai Indians with a great comeback after winning 4 of the last 5 matches, slip into the 4th place with 7 wins in 12 matches.
Who Will Face Who?
To conserve time, finish the contest, and remove the eliminators, the most logical way to schedule the fixtures is to set the first and the fourth spot securing teams in semifinals 1, while seeding the second and third spot securing teams in semifinals 2. With this, the Gujarat Titans will face the Punjab Kings and the Royal Challengers Bengaluru will face the Mumbai Indians. The winners of both matches will play for the title in the finals.
Operation Sindoor
Indian Armed Forces began “Operation Sindoor” at dawn on May 7 with retaliation strikes against Pakistani terrorist assets and units based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) after terrorists killed 26 people during the April 22 Pahalgam incident. The Ministry of Defence issued a declaration revealing nine Indian attack sites with no Pakistani military installations being touched.
