NEW DELHI :
IPL Governing Council held a gathering on Thursday that determined that the fifteenth version of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) would begin from 26 March and proceed until 29 May. The assembly additionally determined that every one matches could be held in Maharashtra\’s capital metropolis Mumbai and Pune.
Jay Shah, the Honorary Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday in an official press launch introduced that the 74 matches shall be held in Mumbai and Pune solely, so as to keep away from air journey.
According to the discharge, Mumbai will host 55 matches in three stadiums in and across the metropolis, whereas Pune will host the remaining 15 league video games which suggests air journey won\’t be required for the league\’s 10 franchises.
According to the official assertion, Mumbai\’s Wankhede stadium is ready to host 20 matches, Brabourne Stadium (CCI) in Mumbai will host 15 matches, DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai will host 20 matches and eventually MCA International Stadium in Pune will host 15 matches.
\”The venue for the playoff matches will be decided later,\” Jay Shah stated in a press release a day after the IPL governing council assembly. The assembly additionally stated that solely 40 % crowd shall be allowed at the beginning of the event in Mumbai stadiums.
The governing council thought-about air journey \”a major threat for the spread of Covid-19 infection,\” he added.
The press launch talked about that every one groups will play 4 matches every at Wankhede Stadium and DY Patil Stadium, 3 matches every at Brabourne Stadium (CCI) and MCA International Stadium, Pune.
Further the discharge talked about that the ten groups will play a complete of 14 league matches (7 house matches and seven away matches) totaling to 70 league matches, adopted by the 4 playoff matches.
“Each workforce will play 5 groups twice and the remaining 4 groups solely as soon as (2 solely house and a pair of solely away).To resolve on the above, groups have been assigned in two digital teams primarily based on the variety of IPL Championships received adopted by the variety of Final matches performed by the respective groups\”, in line with the press launch.
The remaining match is scheduled to be held on 29 May.
The total 2020 version and the second half of final 12 months\’s competitors had been held within the United Arab Emirates following a surge in Covid-19 numbers in India.
The league will welcome two new franchises this season after Lucknow and Ahmedabad paid a mixed $1.7 billion to hitch the world\’s richest cricket league.
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