The fans wait eagerly for one long year to see their stars play for the IPL franchise teams but this year the story has been different. Coronavirus has forced the IPL governing council to posotpone the league till mid April but there’s no good news in stores for the fans. As the coronavirus positive cases soared up in India, government imposed a complete lockdown in the country till 14th April and its likely that the most richest cricket league wont kickstart from 15th April as well.
The league is inching close to be called off this year and players could end up with no matches to play and more importantly will not be paid their salaries. The IPL is unlikely to be held until the BCCI prepares its alternate window at the end of the year. The coronavirus cases are inching close to 7000 in the country and more than 200 peoples have allready lost their lives which will force the government to extend the lockdown to save more lives.
IPL 2020 could be played in July
IPL is a major cricketing tournament in the calendar year and it can be crucial for the young and upcoming cricketers, financially and for also giving them a stage to represent themselves. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly had indicated that they might organize a short IPL, keeping the global pandemic in mind but didn’t disclose any dates for the same.
However, a BCCI official revealed that the IPL could be organized in the July window or even during the winter season, which may be good for the foreign players coming from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and England.
“The board is looking at an alternate window to host matches, possibly in July, or latest during winter,” the BCCI official told CNBC-TV18.
The official further said that the tournament may be organized behind closed doors, if it starts in the month of July.
