India, May 9 -- The inevitable has happened. The IPL 2025 has been suspended indefinitely with 16 matches left. The increasing military tensions between India and Pakistan have led to the biggest league tournament being halted only for the second time. The IPL has, over the year, witnessed its fair share of setbacks. It was moved out of India in 2009 due to general elections, and then again in 2014 - although partially. However, it has taken something very significant to bring the IPL to a standstill.

Now that the league has been paused, with no certainty over its resumption, let's hark back to the year 2021, when for the first time in history, the Indian Premier League was stopped midway. And the reason was the Covid-19 pandemic.

It wa...