The commissioner of the Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi, on Tuesday confirmed and assured the fans that all 8 teams will be participating in the third season of the IPL and any news which says about a team not participating should be ignored.

He said on his Twitter page that ‘Reports that DC will not play or x y z may not — please ignore such news. All IPL teams will participate. You have my assurance on that’

This assurance came a day after Deccan Chargers board sent a legal notice to the IPL and threatened to boycott the league if their home matches were shifted from Hyderabad.

Later yesterday, the IPL Governing council approved 2 matches to be played in the Chargers’ catchment area of Cuttack and also promised to hold a few matches later if Hyderabad was declared safe as a venue by the Intelligence authorities.

The revised schedule of Deccan Chargers’ matches is as follows

12 Mar Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders D.Y. Patil (Inaugural, Mumbai)
19 Mar DC vs Kings XI Punjab, Cuttack
21 Mar DC vs Delhi Daredevils, Cuttack
28 Mar DC vs Mumbai Indians, D.Y. Patil, Mumbai
5 Apr DC vs Rajasthan Royals, Nagpur
10 Apr DC vs Chennai Super Kings, Nagpur
12 Apr DC vs Royal Challengers, Bangalore, Nagpur