Chennai: As Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is all set to face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Tuesday in its first-ever home game after come back, about 4,000 police personnel have been deployed at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai to ensure the Indian Premier League (IPL) match is played without any disruption amid protests over delay in Cauvery board.
Political parties and fringe groups have been demanding cancellation or postponement of all seven IPL matches in Chennai till the centre constitutes the Cauvery Management Board. They are asking spectators to boycott the match.
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Meanwhile, Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla on Monday confirmed that the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders would be held as per the schedule on April 10 despite the ongoing protest against the Centre’s negligence for the formation of Cauvery Management Board (CMB).
With Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery river water sharing row with Karnataka hotting up, there were speculations that a few IPL matches of the present season might be shifted to Kerala.