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Reports earlier suggested that New Zealand Cricket offered to host the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League. But the country’s cricket board has rejected all such claims and clearly stated that they have not done anything yet.
NZC is not in race
There were reports doing the rounds that New Zealand Cricket were keen to host the IPL 2020 and accordingly offered to the Indian cricket board. A BCCI official stated the same saying the Kiwi board joined the UAE and Sri Lanka in the race to host the most entertaining cricket league of the world this year. But the NZC spokesperson Richar Boock rubbished such claims and said that the mentioned board never did anything like that. Speaking to Radio New Zealand he called the report a matter of speculation.
“The report is simply speculation. We have not offered to host the IPL nor have we had an approach to do so,” NZC spokesperson Boock was quoted as saying by Radio New Zealand.
Ganguly on IPL future
The league was originally scheduled to have hosted by the BCCI from March 29. Then it was first delayed till April 15, and later it was deferred for an indefinite time in the wake of the COVID-19. There was uncertainty over the future of this year’s league for quite some time. Meanwhile, the ICC decided to have a discussion on the future of the men’s T20 World Cup 2020. The World Cup is to be hosted by Australia in October-November. But with the pandemic still affective lives globally, there is a chance of the ICC cancelling the flagship event this year. If the T20 World Cup gets cancelled, the BCCI will get a window to host the league.
Yesterday, on his 48th birthday, Sourav Ganguly, the current BCCI president was asked about the future of the IPL. While former India captain said that the Asia Cup got cancelled, regarding the league he sounded optimistic. He told, “We don’t want the year 2020 to finish without an IPL. Our first priority is India and even if we get 35 to 40 days, we will host it.”
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