Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi does not expect the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore to impact the second edition of the tournament.
The eight-team event is scheduled to begin on April 10 at nine venues across the country, and features major players from all the Test-playing countries except Pakistan - due to simmering diplomatic tensions following the Mumbai terror attacks last November.
"The IPL will go ahead as planned and I don't visualise any impact on it," Modi told NDTV.
"There are a few dates which will change due to the general elections and a few of the games will be shifted around. But we will get under way on April 10."
Modi claimed the IPL security team had visualised every conceivable mode of attack and prepared for them.
"We have already put in place several measures following the Mumbai terror attacks," Modi added.
"We have already taken into account these kinds of attacks in our plans.
"There is always a remote chance that it may happen and therefore the agency which we have engaged have based their plans on several unrealistic but possible incidents happening in the future.
"We are fully prepared and we are going to be making sure that we are on top of security issues on a day-to-day basis.
"The Indian government is also very serious about security, so for us it's a very big issue."
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