Reports: IPL 2019 to move outside India

Dixit Bhargav | 03/01/2019
IPL 2019 to move outside India

IPL 2019 to move outside India: There are reports of the cash-rich tournament not happening in India due to elections.

The new year has brought a news which won’t go too well with the Indian fans for there are reports of the 12th season of the Indian Premier League being conducted outside India. Collision with the General Elections in the country being the reason behind the same.

There were reports of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) looking for alternative venues to conduct the tournament last week. The current development further ensures the notion that the tournament will be moved out of India. The same is supposed to have come from as an outcome of a recent meeting between BCCI and the Sports Ministry.

Previously, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri had disclosed that the broadcasters and teams are against the tournament being played in a foreign country. Having said that, it might just be the case this time round.

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“We explained to them that the key parties concerned are the ministries of home and external affairs. Apart from the other two ministries, the sports ministry’s approval is required only in case of hosting the tournament in India. Still, they [BCCI delegates] wanted to make sure about the paperwork or permissions required on the sports ministry’s part,” a source was quoted as saying by the Times of India.

Citing the same reason, IPL has been twice moved out of India in the past. While the whole season was played in South Africa in 2009, the year 2014 saw it being played in both India and UAE (United Arab Emirates).

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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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