Dharamsala Stadium. | (Image Credits: X)
A cheerleader at the Dharamsala Stadium expressed her fear amid the escalating situation between India and Pakistan in the border as it affected the IPL 2025 match between the Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings on Thursday. In a video surfaced on social media, her voice kept breaking as she was terrified of the situation that occurred suddenly in the stadium.
Only 10.1 overs were possible during the game in Dharamsala as a floodlight failure occurred and only one of them was functioning at the venue. After a prolonged wait, the officials decided to call off the contest, with the spectators and officials quickly evacuating the stadium. With India launching Operation Sindoor on May 7, Wednesday, to take down several terrorist camps, Pakistan have also retaliated and things escalated massively on Thursday.
Speaking in a video that surfaced on social media, the cheerleader said:
“So basically the whole stadium in the middle of the match was evacuated and it was very scary. Everyone was just screaming and it was very scary, it’s still very very scary. We want to really go out of Dharamsala and I hope the IPL people will look after us. So yeah, this is very very scary. I don’t know why I’m not crying. I think I’m still in shock.”
The toss also happened after a lengthy delay in Dharamsala
Meanwhile, the toss in Dharamsala also happened after a lengthy rain delay and the proceedings began at 8:30 pm IST, 15 minutes after the toss.
PBKS playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh.
DC playing XI: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), KL Rahul, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Madhav Tiwari, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan
The floodlight failure at the venue had immediately occurred after Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Priyansh Arya for 70 off 34 deliveries. The left-handed batter, who had clobbered six sixes built a 122-run opening stand with Prabhsimran Singh, who stayed unbeaten on 50 off 28 balls.
This is also the second game that the Capitals have been a part of which has been called off, with the match against the SunRisers Hyderabad facing abandonment due to rain.
