IPL 2020 will only be held overseas as a last option says BCCI. A top BCCI official has told Reuters that only as a last resort option. Will the board consider staging the cash rich tournament abroad. Only if there is no way to salvage. Which is the lucrative limited overs Indian Premier League this year. However in the way of hosting it on home soil. Will it be considered to shift the tournament overseas.
The 2020 IPL was due to begin on March 29, but was postponed indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the past few weeks, New Zealand, UAE and Sri Lanka have offered to host the league, but BCCI secretary, Arun Singh Dhumal said that they were optimistic of staging the tournament on home soil.
“We’ve to consider India first and then think of overseas,” Dhumal told Reuters. “They have sent these proposals in case we want to organise it there.We will discuss it in the next IPL governing council meeting where we will take a call.”
The 2009 edition of the franchise-based league. Which coincided with India’s elections. Was held in South Africa and the UAE hosted the early matches of the tournament. But five years later for the same reason. In that sense, it would not be the first time. That the IPL was to be relocated to an overseas location.
The BCCI, facing a $535 million loss of revenue. If it cannot stage the IPL this year. Would be keen to slot it into the Twenty 20 World Cup’s October-November window. But if that event was unable to go ahead in Australia due to the pandemic. However, due to the uncertainty all round a number of questions regarding IPL remain unanswered.
