Moeen Ali will be among a handful of international cricketers who will not be returning to India to play in the Indian Premier League, which restarted on Saturday after a nine-day halt due to the India Pakistan conflict. For the England cricketer, the start of hostilities between India and Pakistan earlier this month was un-nerving since he had family members in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) when India began Operation Sindoor. Meanwhile, he was in India with his wife and kids. The IPL 2025 season came to a standstill with the game between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals halted abruptly in the first innings in Dharamsala after blackouts in certain parts of the country. Talking about his own anxious response to the escalation between India and Pakistan, Moeen Ali said on the Beard Before Wicket podcast: “My parents were actually in Kashmir at the time… in Pakistan, only about an hour away from where the strikes happened probably. Maybe a bit farther. So it was a bit crazy and then they managed to get the only flights …