The remaining matches of IPL-14 will be played in UAE, tournament will be held in September-October
The remaining matches of the 14th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played in the UAE. This decision was taken at the Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) held on Saturday. The tournament will be held in September-October.
31 matches of the 14th edition of the IPL are yet to be played. All these matches will be held in UAE. Although the date has not been announced by the BCCI. IPL-14 was postponed to May 4 after Corona’s case surfaced in several teams. Till May 2, a total of 29 matches were played.
Till IPL-14 is postponed, Delhi Capitals are in first place with 6 wins in 8 matches. While Chennai Super Kings is second with 5 matches won. RCB, captained by Virat Kohli, has also won 5 matches and is in third place.
According to a press release issued by the BCCI, in view of the monsoon in India in September-October, it has been decided to conduct the remaining matches of IPL-14 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This decision was taken at the Special General Meeting (SGM), where the members unanimously agreed to resume the IPL.
The IPL is expected to resume between September 18 and 20 and end on October 10. 4 play-off matches (two qualifiers, one eliminator), including the final, plus 10 double-headers (two matches a day) and 7 single headers (one match a day) are expected.
UAE has hosted IPL-13
Last year the UAE successfully hosted the 13th season of the IPL. There are three major stadiums in the UAE. Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi), Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The distance of these three stadiums is not much between each other, in such a time, time is also saved for traveling and preparing bio-bubble is also easy.
T20 sought for World Cup and time
The BCCI has sought time from the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the T20 World Cup. In the meeting, the BCCI has decided that it will take some more time before taking a final decision on hosting the T20 World Cup.
Let us know that India has hosted T20 World Cup 2021. Although there is talk of getting it out of India due to the corona epidemic, but the BCCI is trying to have the T20 World Cup in India. The BCCI will not like to give up its hosting rights right now and will wait to see how the situation of Covid-19 in India is. The T20 World Cup to be held in India will be played in October-November. Its final has been scheduled on 14 November.
