The tournament had come under cloud in the wake of the terror attack on Sri Lankan players in Lahore which raised concerns in the Home Ministry about the security aspect of the IPL tournament as it clashed with Lok Sabha election dates.

With organisers drawing up a revised schedule from April 10 to May 24, the Home Ministry is learnt to be by and large fine with the revised dates, except a few matches to be held just prior to election dates.

The Centre has decided to seek fresh opinion from states on the revised schedule after states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal sent clear messages against holding matches according to the original schedule.

Nagpur and Visakhapatnam are two venues that have been added in the revised schedule while Ahmedabad is out of the itinerary. The venues drawing maximum security concerns are Mumbai and, to some extent, Hyderabad. The Home Ministry is learnt to have some reservations about a few matches in Mumbai where 11 matches have been scheduled in the revised plan.

There are three phases of elections in Maharashtra from April 16 to 30l and there are at least three matches in Mumbai that fall too close to polling dates. The Centre, it is learnt, may prefer that these matches are either rescheduled in a manner that all are held in May or are moved to other venues. As of now, the IPL inauguration is slated for April 10 in Mumbai.