Latest News about IPL 2020: “IPL 2020 will not happen this year,” say reports

IPL 2020 will not happen this year: The prospects of conducting the 13th season of the cash-rich league appear bleak according to a report.

The continuous increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in India doesn’t speak highly about the current situation. There is no going into a safe house regarding the fact that the novel coronavirus has affected major businesses around the globe including sports.

The 13th season of the Indian Premier League, which was originally scheduled to begin yesterday, has been delayed till April 15 and is one of the many cricket tournaments which have been affected by the “pandemic”.

While a BCCI source recently opined regarding the first week of May being the deadline to start IPL 2020, BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) President Sourav Ganguly had opened up against giving a “concrete answer” due to no improvement in the situation.

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IPL 2020 will not happen this year

If a recent development is to be believed, IPL 2020 is highly likely to be cancelled considering the risks involved with conducting such a grand tournament in the nation.

In a recent interview with The Indian Express, a source in privy to the BCCI announced the aforementioned development. The source also mentioned that the mega auction, which was slated to happen before IPL 2021, will also be postponed for at least a year.

“IPL will not happen this year. It will now happen next year. We all know how the situation is at the moment in the country and no one will take any risk.

“One can’t have social distancing in the stadium. It’s better to play IPL next year. Also, no mega auction will take place. We will inform the franchises once we get final confirmation from the Indian government, the same season can continue next season,” the source was quoted as saying.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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