BCCI officers landed in Dubai on Monday to plan for the rest of IPL 2021. The listing of officers included secretary Jay Shah, whereas BCCI president Sourav Ganguly will be part of the delegation on Wednesday, after attending the digital board assembly of the International Cricket Council.
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Treasurer Arun Dhumal, IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel are among the many others in the contingent whereas BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla had arrived earlier.
The IPL 2021 was suspended earlier in May after rising COVID-19 circumstances inside bio bubbles. On Saturday, it was introduced that the BCCI would shift the match to UAE and maintain it in September-October.
“The only issue is about the spectators, whether they will allow the spectators or not. So we will talk to them about that. We will go by whatever UAE authorities decide,” Shukla advised Khaleej Times.
“If they say it’s with spectators, and certain percentage of spectators, we are fine. Or if they say without spectators, that is also fine with us. There is no problem.”
The IPL is predicted to start on September 18, 4 days after India’s Test sequence in England will get over. While the identical bio-bubble might be used for IPL, a number of the international stars are anticipated to miss the match.
“We have discussed that (foreign players) issue also. Our main focus is on completing this edition of the IPL. It should not be left halfway through. So whichever foreign players are available is fine. Whoever is not available, it is not going to stop us from hosting the tournament,” Shukla stated.
“The Indian players are there, foreign players are there, but few foreign players will not be available. As I said, we have to complete our tournament.
“So the franchises will definitely look for other players. Whoever is available, we are going to have the tournament with them. That’s our policy.”
ECB and BCB are amongst boards which have introduced that they wouldn’t ship their gamers for the IPL due to nationwide commitments forward of the ICC T20 World Cup.
Meanwhile, it’s anticipated that the gamers and assist workers will all be vaccinated earlier than the match.
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