With ICC officially announcing that the T20\u2009World\u2009Cup will not take place this year, a window is open for the BCCI to organise Indian Premier League in 2020 around September-October. According to IPL\u2009chairman Brijesh Patel, the board is mulling to host the IPL\u2009in the UAE. More details on the same will come out after IPL\u2019s governing council meeting which is set to take place by next week.<\/p>\n
Now, if IPL takes place in the UAE, how would it affect the tournament? How will teams fare in conditions which can be expected to be extremely hot and humid? Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra believes that the players have to battle with heat and dehydration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be no problem although they might have to fight a little bit with the heat. For now, the weather is good. Let\u2019s be fair, UAE experiences a lot of heat. But September and October are still the pleasant months,\u201d\u2009Chopra said in a video on his Youtube channel \u2018Aakash Vani\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem I am seeing is that if the IPL starts on 26 September and ends on 7 November, it is about 6 weeks including the final week of playoffs, there might be lot of double-headers with the league phase to be completed in 5 weeks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn double-headers, however pleasant it might be, it is after all the heat of the middle east. So, batsmen might get dehydrated,\u201d the cricketer-turned commentator added.<\/p>\n
Speaking about which teams could benefit, he went on to add that owing to the large size of the grounds, teams with poor bowling records could reap the most advantages. \u201cRCB for example, because when the grounds are big your bowling is not exposed that much even if it is weak. RCB I think might actually do well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have got teams who have a lot of good spinners, so Chennai Super Kings will once again be the super kings.\u201d Even Kings XI Punjab, the place suits them a lot as well since Maxwell plays very well there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall if we see, batsmen will not face much problems although they have to be careful about the heat because there will be lot of double-headers,\u201d the former India batsman further said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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