BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla claims that the unavailability of some foreign gamers will not cease the cricket board to host the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League. The cricket board has already determined that the IPL 2021 will resume in the UAE. The official schedule isn’t out however the matches will be performed in the September-October window. Last yr UAE organised a profitable IPL with a really secure bio-secure bubble.
There have been many experiences that a number of the key foreign gamers will not return to take part in the remaining matches of IPL 2021. Players like Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, Jos Buttler, and Ben Stokes are anticipated to overlook out on the event in UAE.
The BCCI vice president stated that the board’s predominant focus is to finish the version of IPL as they’ve already mentioned the problem associated to foreign gamers availability.
“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 instructed Khaleej Times.
“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.”
Shukla stated that franchises can search for a alternative if foreign gamers of their camp resolve to not take part.
“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,” he added.
Shukla additional stated that the choice on the schedule will be made quickly when BCCI members arrive in UAE.
“I am already here. Now a team of BCCI office-bearers, president (Sourav Ganguly), secretary (Jay Shah) and the IPL chairman (Brijesh Patel) will be coming here in a couple of days.”
“We will be having discussions with the cricket board here and the other authorities. And accordingly, the schedule will be made, so the tournament happens in a very smooth manner as it happened here last year,” he added.
“Whatever, Covid protocols (on vaccination) are required, we will be following those protocols, the Indian protocols as well as the UAE protocols,” Shukla signed off.
