The remaining 31 matches, including playoffs, of the suspended Indian Premier League, will be completed in the United Arab Emirates in September and October, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Saturday after its Special General Body Meeting.
The BCCI also said that they had asked the International Cricket Council for more time to take a call on whether India would be able to host the Twenty20 World Cup in October and November as the Covid situation still remains a big concern.
The IPL was indefinitely suspended on May 4 after a handful of players and members of support staff tested positive for the new coronavirus amid a devastating second wave.
The UAE, the backup venue for the Twenty20 World Cup, which hosted the entire IPL in 2020 because of the pandemic, was preferred “considering the monsoon season in India”, the BCCI said.
Published 29 May 2021, 07:41 IST