New Delhi: What a journey it has been for the IPL over the last few weeks. From being India's showcase sporting event to being forced out of the country to South Africa, it has been one bumpy road.
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March 3: Sri Lankan cricketers attacked in Lahore.
March 4:Home Minister P Chidambaram drops the bombshell, tells CNN-IBN that providing paramilitary forces for IPL matches during general elections will be difficult.
March 5: Government-IPL decide to review dates to save the event. IPL bosses get into action to salvage the billion dollar event.
March 6: Lalit Modi says IPL to roll on schedule, Mumbai not Jaipur to host inaugural match.
March 7: IPL submits fresh schedule to Home Ministry.
March 9: Ministry of Home Affairs asks states to respond and the ministry puts the ball into the State Governments' court.
March 10: Lalit Modi addresses a press conferance in Mumbai claiming IPL will take care of its own security
March 12: Deadlock continues as states demand central forces for IPL.
March 13: Ministry of Home Affairs asks for a further revised schedule.
March 14: IPL starts to work on yet another schedule
March 15: Government asks IPL to consult states on revised dates.
March 16: Home Ministry officials and BCCI meet in North block but fail to find a soluiton
March 17: A third revised schedule sees Delhi and Jaipur omitted from the list of venues as IPL .
March 18: New schedule is then send to Home Ministry with Mumbai as a main centre hosting as many as 14 matches.
March 20: A huge blow for the IPL as reports of Mumbai backtracking from their earlier approval come through.
March 21: The final nail in the coffin with the Maharashatra Government refusing on grounds of security in a written letter to the IPL.
March 22: IPL shifted out of India.
March 24: Lalit Modi pulls the rabbit out of the hat, takes IPL to South Africa.
