The IPL governing council took the decision to suspend the tournament on May 9 as the countries extended their worst fighting in nearly three decades. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, suspended for a week amid fighting between India and Pakistan, will resume on May 17 following the announcement of a ceasefire between the nuclear-armed neighbours,

The Indian Premier League will resume on Saturday following the simmering down of cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan. IPL officials made the announcement on Monday, three days after the world's richest Twenty20 league was suspended owing to military strikes by both countries at each other.