India, May 21 -- To avoid rain interruptions in the remaining nine league games of the ongoing IPL 2025 season, the league's Governing Council tweaked the playing conditions, providing these matches an additional 120 minutes. As per the previous rule, an extra hour was allowed beyond the regulation completion time in case of league matches, and two hours during the playoffs.

However, the change in the rule in the middle of the tournament did not sit well with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as the defending champions, raising the concern with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), felt that had it been in place since the start of the season, they could have still been in the race to make the playoffs.

IPL chief operating officer ...