Parth Jindal’s appeal followed the IPL’s decision to move the May 23 game between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad from Bengaluru to Lucknow due to “unfavourable weather conditions.”
As concerns about a potential washout or significant delays grow for the critical match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals scheduled for Wednesday night in Mumbai, DC co-owner Parth Jindal has urged the IPL to change the venue.
Should MI secure a victory on Wednesday, they will advance to the playoffs; conversely, if DC emerges victorious, neither team will qualify, extending the battle for the last playoff position into their remaining league matches – both teams still face Punjab Kings in their following games. In an email obtained by ESPNcricinfo sent to the IPL on Tuesday, Jindal emphasized that the “virtual quarter-final is also likely to be affected by rain.”
In the event of a washout, both teams would share the points, bringing MI to 15 and DC to 14 before their last matches.
On Tuesday, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a yellow alert (the second tier out of four) for Mumbai for the upcoming four days.
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Jindal’s request was made after the IPL decided to move the May 23 match between RCB and SRH to Lucknow due to “unfavourable weather conditions” in Bengaluru.
Jindal remarked that it would be “consistent” to also relocate the MI-DC match.
“The weather forecast for Mumbai predicts heavy rainfall, and there is a significant chance that the game will be canceled,” he stated. “Just as the match between RCB and SRH was moved from Bengaluru in the interest of consistency and the league, I request that tomorrow’s game also be shifted to another location, as we have been aware for nearly a week that rain is expected on the 21st in Mumbai.”
This situation arose shortly after Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) chief executive Venky Mysore reached out to the IPL, expressing concerns regarding the new rain rule, which allows an extra 120 minutes to complete matches affected by rain, suggesting that it hadn’t been implemented at the time the IPL resumed. On May 17, in the first game following the IPL’s restart, the RCB vs KKR match in Bengaluru was called off, eliminating KKR’s chances of reaching the playoffs.