kolkata kolkata knight riders ceo venky mysore is hopeful that the franchise will be able to play most of their home games at the eden gardens despite sevenphase polling in west bengal during the upcoming general electionsthe ipl will start on march 23 and end on may 12 while the general elections are slated to be held in seven phases between april 11 and may 19since west bengal will have elections in all seven phases april 11 18 23 29 may 6 12 and 19 there is a possibility that some of kkrs matches may be shifted to neutral venuesas per the twoweek schedule kkr are playing two home games vs sunrisers march 24 and kxip march 27 and two away games against delhi capitals mar 30 and rcb april 5we have had some good meetings with the concerned authorities today so fingers crossed we are waiting for some clarification i think they authorities are very keen to make sure that we play in eden if all goes well we will play our home games here only mysore told reporters at the eden gardens on wednesdaynow that the date of the elections have come out the authorities are taking a hard look at how they can ensure we play as many as possible matches in kolkata mysore saidhowever if security deployment becomes an issue during the polls there are backup plans in place said mysorein case we cannot play at the eden then we have a plan b and plan c ready we had a meeting today lets see all our fans as well as the team wants us play at the eden mysore reiterated