IPL 2020: Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik excited to catch the flight to Dubai for upcoming IPL

The 13th edition of Indian Premier League will be held in UAE from September 19 to November 10.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday (August 2) conducted its IPL governing council meeting to discuss and finalize matters related to the IPL 2020 to be hosted in UAE, pending necessary clearances from the Government of India.

After the meeting, it was announced that the 13th edition of the cash-rich league will commence on September 19 while the final will take place on November 10.

See Also: BCCI decides to continue with VIVO as IPL title sponsors

As soon as the official confirmation was made, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik took to Instagram to share their excitement.

Rohit, the Mumbai Indians skipper, posted a picture from IPL 2017 final in which he can be seen running around the ground after winning the trophy and captioned it as: “Me running towards the airport to catch a plane for Dubai #IPL2020”.

 

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me running towards the airport to catch a plane for Dubai #IPL2020

A post shared by Rohit Sharma (@rohitsharma45) on Aug 2, 2020 at 8:53am PDT

On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Karthik uploaded a photo of his flying catch with the caption reading: “I am THIS ready to catch that flight to Dubai #IPL2020 #kkrhaitaiyaar”.

 

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am THIS ready to catch that flight to Dubai ✈️ ???? #IPL2020 #kkrhaitaiyaar

A post shared by Dinesh Karthik (@dk00019) on Aug 2, 2020 at 11:10am PDT

During its meeting, the governing council also set a 24-player limit for each IPL squad and approved the use of COVID-19 substitutes.

The afternoon matches will begin at 3:30 PM IST and evening matches will begin at 7.30 PM IST.