After the one-week suspension due to the tensions between India and Pakistan, the IPL 2025 is all set to resume from Saturday, May 17, with a match between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Coming out of a tense situation between India and Pakistan, Sunil Gavaskar had suggested that the rest of the matches should be conducted without DJs and cheerleaders as a mark of respect for those who had lost their lives in the border areas due to Pakistani aggression.

According to a report by India Today, the BCCI is taking a call on hosting the IPL 2025 without glitz and glamour. Sources have told the publication that there might be no cheerleaders or the presence of DJs for the 16 matches that would be played in the IPL 2025.

In an interaction with Sports Today, Sunil Gavaskar said that the rest of the IPL 2025 matches should be held without any music, DJs or 'dancing girls' as a mark of respect to families of the deceased.

“What I would really like to see is. These are the last few matches; we have had about 60 games or thereabouts. I think it is the last 15 or 16 games. I would sincerely hope, because of what has happened and some families have lost their near and dear ones, I would like that there is no music. Let's not have the DJs screaming in the middle of an over,” he said.

"None of that. Let the games be played. Let the crowds come in. Let's just have a tournament, the balance of a tournament. It's just no dancing girls, nothing. Just cricket would be a really nice way to respect the sentiment of the families who have lost their near and dear ones,” the legend added.

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