The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is going to stage the remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The decision was taken at a Special General Meeting (SGM) held virtually on Saturday (May 29).

The official release says BCCI is moving the tournament to UAE considering the monsoon season in India in the months of September-October this year.

Speaking on the same line, BCCI secretary Jay Shah reiterated that "weather restrictions" was the main reason behind the decision to shift the cash-rich event.

"See we took this decision to conduct IPL in the UAE because it will be monsoon here and it will not be feasible to hold matches here in September and that is why we are taking IPL to the UAE," Shah told ANI.

"We are moving IPL to the UAE only due to weather restrictions as we cannot hold IPL here at the time of monsoon. How can we hold IPL in September in Mumbai or Ahmedabad or any other venues at the time of monsoon?....It doesn't make any sense," he added.

Commenting on the hosting of T20 World Cup, Jay Shah said the board will only take a decision after having a dialogue with the International Cricket Council (ICC).

"And as far as the T20 world Cup is concerned, we will seek time from ICC and decide later. As of now, we are in the mind frame of holding tournaments in the safe zone and we will see how the situation is in the upcoming days. The only thing I can say for now is to seek time from ICC and decide accordingly," he said.

(With ANI inputs)