IPL 2018

RCB's home game against Delhi rescheduled due to Karnataka elections

by Cricbuzz Staff • Published on

RCB's home game against KXIP has been moved to April 21st © IPL

With the Karnataka elections scheduled for May 12, Royal Challengers Bangalore's home fixture against Delhi Daredevils has been swapped with the side's reverse fixture on April 21st.

This means that RCB will take on Daredevils at home, Chinnaswamy Stadium, on April 21st, while they will travel to Delhi to play the reverse fixture on May 12.

The swapping has been done in order for a smooth conduct of both the games after the date of the election was announced. Karnataka will go to vote on the 12th of May in all 224 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. The counting of votes and announcement of results will be done on the 15th of May.

With the change in schedule, Bengaluru will see no IPL games being hosted during the voting and announcement phases. RCB will return to their home ground to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final home game on the 17th of May.

The reschedule means Delhi Daredevils' first home game gets pushed by a further two days. They were initially slated to take on Kings XI Punjab early in the tournament, but with the Chandigarh Airport scheduled to be closed during mini-May, KXIP's venues were swapped, with Mohali getting the first three games and Indore hosting the last four. It also meant that Delhi Daredevils' home game against KXIP was moved to April 23rd.

DD were then slated to take on RCB in their first game at the Feroz Shah Kotla on the 21st, but now, even that game has seen a change.

Delhi Daredevils will kickstart their campaign on April 8th against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali, whereas Royal Challengers Bangalore square off against Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on the same date on a double-header Sunday.

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