The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has secretary Jay Shah has confirmed in an interview that the Indian Premier League (IPL) is not going to be moved abroad. This comes after stories claimed aside of the cash-rich T20 league could be shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of the General Elections in India. The General Election dates had been introduced on Saturday. After the election date announcement, BCCI secretary Jay Shah stated in an interview that IPL wouldn’t be shifted.

“No, it won’t be moved overseas,” Shah informed Cricbuzz on Saturday. The elections might be held from April 19 to June 4. The IPL begins on March 22 with a match in Chennai between MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. So far, the primary two weeks’ dates have been introduced.

IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Saturday additionally dismissed hypothesis that the league could be shifted to the UAE because of the upcoming common elections within the nation between April 19 to June 1. There had been countless rumours concerning the IPL being shifted to the Emirates because of the elections which might be held in seven phases with the stories filling social media about gamers being requested to deposit their passports with respective franchises.

However, Dhumal set the document straight. “The IPL is not being shifted anywhere. We will soon announce the remaining fixture,” Dhumal informed PTI.

The schedule for the primary two weeks has been already launched with defending champions Chennai Super Kings taking over Royal Challengers Bangalore at dwelling on March 22.

In earlier conversations with PTI, BCCI secretary Jay Shah had categorically maintained that the complete event might be held in India, similar to it occurred in 2019, the 12 months of earlier Lok Sabha election. They had been solely ready for the Election Commission to announce the ballot dates.

However, the league was shifted in another country throughout the common elections in 2014 when the UPA authorities was in energy. Then the primary part was held within the UAE earlier than returning to India for the second part.

With PTI inputs