UAE Cricket Board awaits final confirmation from BCCI to host IPL!
The thirteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are going to be contended within the UAE, the IPL governing council chairman Brijesh Patel had confirmed on Tues.
The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday, confirmed that they’re looking forward to a formal confirmation from the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI)’s end in India to further host the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Emirates Cricket Board aforesaid during a statement that they were anticipating a concluding confirmation from BCCI relating to being the host nation. There’s conjointly the ultimate condition of BCCI gaining approval from the Indian government that they can host the IPL outside India and the next IPL Governing Council meeting is probably going to come back with a concrete call regarding the cash-rich tournament.
The IPL 2020 edition was slated to start from March 29 during this year. However, the tournament was delayed indefinitely, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But now, it was pronounced by Patel that the IPL 2020 that was deferred because of Covid-19 can happen in UAE currently. UAE Cricket Board awaits final confirmation from BCCI to host IPL now.
He additionally aforementioned that the BCCI has applied for the government’s permission to move ahead with the tournament and that the additional course of action would be mentioned within the IPL governing council meeting.
Patel had earlier mentioned that the proposal is to have a full-fledged IPL comprising of 60 games with UAE being the “most likely” host.
“The IPL GC will meet within a week or 10 days and all decisions (including final schedule) will be taken there. As of now, the plan is to have a full-fledged IPL comprising 60 games and most likely in the UAE,” Patel told PTI.
Earlier, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had proclaimed the rescheduling of the T20 World Cup 2020 until further notice and that was due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The T20 World Cup was slated to be played in the month of October-November in Australia this year.
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