Indian Premier League side Mumbai Indians "opted for Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium as their alternative home venue, following a Bombay High Court ruling to shift all IPL matches after April 30 out of Maharashtra because of a severe state-wide drought," according to ESPN. Rising Pune Supergiants, the other franchise based in Maharashtra, "had listed Visakhapatnam as their alternative venue." The requests "will need to be ratified by the tournament's governing council."
IPL Chair Rajeev Shukla said,
"We had given Mumbai Indians three options -- Jaipur, Kanpur and Raipur. The Mumbai Indians told us that they would like to play their home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India "suspended the Rajasthan Cricket Association in May 2014 after the state association elected Lalit Modi, an expelled administrator, as its president but Shukla stated that the suspension of a state body does not mean suspension of the venue." Shukla, who "is also the president of the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, has said that the two IPL matches allotted to Kanpur are expected to be held scheduled on May 19 and 21."
Shukla said, "There were some issues regarding the intensity of the floodlights and that has been sorted out. Within a couple of days, the concerned people will be coming for an inspection. I am confident that the matches will be held in Kanpur as per schedule" (ESPN, 4/17).
