The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is hoping that the postponement of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) won't have any impact on India's chances to host the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021 in October-November.
BCCI on Tuesday (May 4) postponed the IPL 2021 indefinitely after the COVID-19 outbreak inside its bio-bubble. It is being said the call on whether India would be able to host T20 World Cup 2021 later this month or it needs to be moved to another country is expected to take in July 2021.
Speaking to ANI, a board member said: “We're monitoring the situation, and wait and watch is the best description at this stage. We probably wouldn't go much beyond July as it's a World Cup and they can't be pulled off in a matter of weeks!”
The BCCI official further explained, “We are confident that the situation will improve in the coming days and the World Cup would go ahead in India as planned. We have zeroed in on nine venues and preparations are on and considering that we have quite a few more venues across the country, we can prepare back up venues within the country itself so that we do not burden the health infrastructure for a particular state or another in the eventuality that the situation has not returned to normal by the time of the showpiece event.”
Noteworthy, the BCCI Apex Council has last month shortlisted nine venues Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Dharamsala, Hyderabad, and Lucknow for the T20 World Cup 2021.
(With ANI Inputs)
