A senior BCCI official informed PTI on Tuesday that the postponed Indian Premier League would resume briefly within the UAE on 18 or 19 September, with 10 double-headers anticipated to be performed through the three-week window.
The remaining might be held on 9 or 10 October. The three-week window can be sufficient to finish the remaining 31 video games for the season, a win-win state of affairs for all major stakeholders together with the BCCI, franchisees and broadcasters.
The IPL was postponed to 4 May after a number of COVID-19 circumstances had been reported inside its bio-bubble.
“The BCCI has spoken to all stakeholders and the seemingly begin is from 18 September to twenty September. Since September 18 is Saturday and Sunday 19, it’s extra seemingly that you simply want to resume it on the weekend date.
“Similarly, 9 or 10 October would be the remaining as a result of it’s the weekend. We are finalizing the itinerary and there might be 10 double headers and 7 night matches with 4 most important video games (two qualifiers, an eliminator and a remaining), which might be 31 matches full the checklist.
The Indian group’s final Test match in opposition to England is scheduled to finish in Manchester on 14 September and the subsequent day the complete group (besides Hanuma Vihari and Abhimanyu Easwaran) might be flown to UAE on a chartered flight to “bubble to bubble”. Transfer.
“The Indian team and English players who will be available will fly from Manchester to Dubai in a single charter flight. Similarly, West Indies players will also take flight after completing their Caribbean Premier League engagements. There will be a three-day quarantine for players coming from the UK and the Caribbean, ”the supply mentioned.
A franchise official confirmed that the matter has been negotiated by the BCCI.
“We have been requested by the BCCI to be ready for the event. We have been given time from 15 to twenty September. ‘
India’s white ball sequence in opposition to South Africa canceled:
The BCCI has determined to cancel India’s T20 sequence in opposition to South Africa in September, which was a preparation for the World T20 preparations.
“The sequence can’t be held and in any case there might be no higher preparation for the T20 World Cup than taking part in a high-intensity event just like the IPL. Since the T20 World Cup will begin inside per week or 10 days of the completion of the IPL, the SA Series might be held at a later date.
“There is a possibility that India may play additional games on the tour of South Africa early next year,” the supply mentioned.
The two-Test residence sequence in opposition to NZ will also be moved
India additionally had two Test sequence in opposition to New Zealand in November within the home season and the dates of which might be shifted primarily based on the conclusion of the T20 World Cup.
While the BCCI, till now, won’t relinquish its internet hosting rights and wait for the way the COVID-19 scenario in India ends, there’s little likelihood that nations will need to journey to India who’re within the worst well being situation since independence. Is going through an emergency.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
