Cricket Board president Sharad Pawar laid to rest any apprehensions of the serial bomb blasts in Jaipur affecting the smooth conduct of the Indian Premier League and said the multi-billion dollar Twenty20 event will go ahead as scheduled.
"The IPL will go ahead as scheduled. The next match in Jaipur (May 17) will also be held as scheduled. I have talked to the Rajasthan Chief Minister (Vasundhara Raje) and asked her to beef up security there. There will be enhanced security in other venues too," the BCCI chief told reporters.
Pawar shot down any notion that the foreign players taking part in the IPL had any apprehension about their safety.
"No one has any apprehension. These things happen everywhere. It (bomb blasts) has happened even in London," he said.