Vijay Mallya backs IPL tournament

India's billionaire industrialist and owner of Indian Premier League's Bangalore Royal Challenger, Vijay Mallya backed the IPL tournament on Thursday and said it would go smoothly.

Speaking to media persons at New Delhi, Mallya said, India had all the resources required to provide security during the tournament and that IPL would go very smoothly.

Mallya said match schedules and polling dates would not clash and there would be no problem at all during the tournament.