He also added that the board does not plan to approach the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for acquiring the hosting rights for the upcoming season of the IPL.
This statement comes just days after New Zealand was thought to have followed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sri Lanka in proposing to host the IPL, according to a senior BCCI official.
IPL could take place in 2020
The IPL was all set to begin on the 29th of March with a marquee clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. However, it was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the past few days though, the postponement of the Asia Cup 2020, coupled with a possible shelving of the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 has meant that the IPL has been accorded a new lease of life.
Thus, it will be interesting to see how the BCCI goes about conducting the IPL, considering India is now the country with the third-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world.
The IPL has previously been shifted out of India in 2009 and 2014. On each occasion, the Lok Sabha elections meant that optimum security could not be provided, forcing the governing council to host the tournament in another country.
While South Africa hosted the 2009 edition, UAE hosted the first half of the competition in 2014.
New Zealand could have been a good option for the BCCI as the country has less than twenty-five active COVID-19 cases.
However, with those claims getting refuted, it seems that India and the UAE are the front-runners to host the IPL, if it were to happen.
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