BCCI Operating On All Possible Options Of Hosting IPL This Year: Sourav Ganguly

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that the board is set to host the IPL after shut opportunities and is operating on “all possible options” to stage the tournament this year.

The IPL was planned to initiate from March 29 however was delayed inconclusively due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is being thought that the competition may be played in the October-November window if the ICC chooses to postpone the T20 World Cup. 

“As of late, many players, both from India and different nations, taking an interest in IPL have additionally indicated their perception of being a piece of this current year IPL. We are idealistic, and the BCCI will quickly settle on the future game-plan on this.” 

In his letter to all affiliated members of the board, Sourav Ganguly expressed that “The BCCI is dealing with every single imaginable choice to guarantee that we can organize the IPL this year, regardless of whether it implies playing the competition in void stadiums. The fans, franchisees, players, broadcasters, sponsors, and all other stakeholders are keenly looking forward to the possibility of IPL being hosted this year.

“The BCCI is building up a COVID-19 Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for all State Cricket Associations. This SOP is being made with a perspective on giving our Members a standard arrangement of rules which will assist the relationship with resuming cricket in their territories,” Ganguly wrote in his letter to every single associated part.