It is not official yet but there is speculation that the BCCI wants to hold the IPL in the October window if ICC T20 World Cup gets postponed
For the first in the of IPL history, the world's richest board (BCCI) was forced to postpone the tournament
BCCI apex council member Anshuman Gaekwad said that this year's T20 World Cup seems unlikely to go ahead, making space for the currently suspended IPL on calendar depending on the Covid-19 situation
The side defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by one run in the finals of the tournament to become the most successful IPL franchise ever
Pant, was heir apparent to Dhoni until K L Rahul emerged as a wicket-keeper batsman in the limited-overs format, making the southpaw no more a certainty in the playing eleven
McCullum said he neither sees the T20 World Cup happening without the stadium fans nor does he believe that teams from 16 nations will be able to travel to Australia in the wake of the pandemic
The Australian wicket-keeper batsman also said that he would be disappointed if the ICC T20 World Cup does not take place due to Covid-19
SLC president Shammi Silva on Thursday said that Sri lanka is ready to host the mega event as the country, which has fewer positive cases, is expected to return to normalcy earlier compared to India
Sri Lanka has so far registered fewer number of coronavirus cases as compared to India. Till now, the country has over 230 Covid-19 cases while seven lives have been lost in the island nation
The IPL was set to start on March 29 and end on May 24 but it was first postponed till April 15 after a surge of coronavirus positive cases in India
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had posted a tweet, asking everyone to reveal the misconception they had about cricket growing up
However, KKR's costliest player Pat Cummins is still hopeful about the tournament going ahead and is ready to play in front of empty stands
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen believes the IPL should happen
While various options have been discussed like a closed-door tournament, or a curtailed one, it is almost clear that everyone wants foreign players to be a part of the IPL, says BCCI official
While IPL 2020 has been postponed till April 15, there is very little chance of a shortened tournament in May as it might take months for normalcy to return
There have also been talks of having an IPL without foreign players considering that international borders have been locked down
some of the youngsters who were to play their first season of IPL this year have time and again been checking the status of the league and creating a group was the perfect solution, says a franchise
With a nationwide lockdown in place to combat the spread of the disease, the event seems unlikely to go ahead unless the BCCI figures an alternate window later in the year
You can watch the top 50 exciting matches from the previous IPL seasons at 8 pm & 8.30 pm on Star Sports 1 & Star Sports 1 Hindi starting from 29th March.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all sporting action across the world had been stopped including the IPL 2020.