The Bombay High Court refused to stay the first IPL match to be played at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on April 9. The court asked the Maharashtra government to file a reply on April 12 on sources of water to be supplied to stadiums.The High Court was hearing a petition against holding matches in the drought-hit Maharashtra because cricket grounds need lakhs of litres of water to prepare. The court said that the petition had been filed too late to cancel the first match. But in sharp words the court slammed the Board for control for Cricket in India asking whether the cricketing body was going to maintain gardens and stadiums when people were dying? The Mumbai Cricket Association today pleaded that it is too late to change the tournament's schedule as the event is just 3 days away. It told the Court that match tickets have been already sold and players from various cricketing nations started coming in hence it would be very inconvenient to stop the matches at this last minute.The petitioner argued that the cities like Mumbai Pune and Nagpur where IPL matches are scheduled to be held are facing severe drought. The petitioner added that is very inevitable that Mumbai would run dry in a few months. Whereas in Pune people are already importing water and In Nagpur people don't have water for sanitation hence it is very unfair to waste lakhs of liters of water for IPL matches at these venues. IPL, known as the world's richest cricket tournament is set to begin tomorrow with a glitzy opening ceremony in Mumbai. The matches will start on Saturday and among the total 20 matches, three would be played at Maharashtra cities – Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur.