The BCCI is thinking of bringing forward the date of the IPL for the Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, it was said that the millionaire league would start on March 23. This time, a BCCI source said that the day before that, the IPL will start on March 22 with the Mumbai and Chennai matches.
It was also heard that the second phase of the seventeenth IPL will be on foreign ground. However, board sources have confirmed that the entire tournament will be held in India. Rather, this game will not be played on election days. There will be seven rounds of voting. Matches will not be allowed in states where polling day is available.
The 17th edition of the IPL will begin on March 22. The entire tournament will be held in India. IPL chairman Arun Dhumal said on Tuesday. The Millionaire League is exactly a month away. But the schedule has not been announced yet. The election date is awaited. It was thought that an episode of the IPL could be moved to foreign soil. But Arun Dhumal ruled out that possibility. The chairman of the IPL said that even if there is an election, the entire tournament will be held in India. However, the schedule of the tournament will be announced. The schedule for the first 10 days will be announced earlier. "The IPL can start on March 22. We don't want to announce the entire IPL schedule. It may be informed later that it will not be possible to provide security at certain venues. There are many problems with changing the venue at the last minute. It takes preparation to host an IPL match. So the schedule of the initial few matches will be announced. We will announce the full schedule of the IPL only after knowing the election date."
The dates for the Lok Sabha elections will be announced in the first week of March. He said that they are waiting for the election date as the IPL will not be held on foreign ground. This is not the first time that the IPL will be held at the same time as the election. The IPL was moved to South Africa for the 2009 elections. During the 2014 elections, the first 20 matches of the IPL were played in the UAE. The rest were played in India. In 2019, all the matches were played in India during the Lok Sabha elections. It will be the same this time. The T20 World Cup starts on June 1. So the IPL has to be completed by the last week of May.
