By JAMES REYNOLDS

Published: 10:39 BST, 9 May 2025 | Updated: 10:48 BST, 9 May 2025

India’s cricket super league has been suspended as tensions with Pakistan continue to soar following cross border clashes in Kashmir this week.

A BCCI official said the IPL had been suspended indefinitely due to the India-Pakistan military conflict.

‘Further updates regarding the new schedule and venues of the tournament will be announced in due course after a comprehensive assessment of the situation in consultation with relevant authorities and stakeholders,’ the BCCI said in a statement.

The decision comes after a night of artillery exchanges between Indian and Pakistani soldiers across their frontier in Kashmir, amid a growing military standoff that erupted following an attack on tourists in the India-controlled portion of the disputed region.

India launched missiles on what it called ‘terror camps’ in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir early on May 7 local time. Pakistan responded with shelling and claimed to have shot down Indian planes.

‘Our jet fighters… shot down three Indian Rafales, three Rafales [that] are French,’ the country’s Foreign Minister, Ishq Dar, told parliament on Wednesday, shortly after. ‘Ours were J-10C,’ he added, referring to the Chinese-made ‘Gen 4.5’ fighters.

India has avoided commenting on reports of Pakistan downing its European jets. France did confirm to CNN that at least one had been shot down – the first time a Rafale has been lost in combat.

The decision comes after a night of artillery exchanges between Indian and Pakistani soldiers across their frontier in Kashmir

The decision comes after a night of artillery exchanges between Indian and Pakistani soldiers across their frontier in Kashmir

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IPL suspended as tensions with Pakistan reach boiling point and India’s military are left ‘terrified’ after Pakistan’s Chinese-made jets shoot down their fighters



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