Mumbai: Given the cases of Covid-19 which increased rapidly in the country, BCCI, in plan B, now see the performance of all this year’s IPL in Maharashtra itself.
TOI has learned that the council was looking at organizing the T20 League in three places in Mumbai – Wankhede Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, Dy Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai (also a place for AFB 2022 Asian Cup in Jan-February), and the Cricket Maharashtra Association Stadium in Gahunje, Close to Pune.
“On January 5, Hemang Amin (CEO of Interim BCCI and the IPL Chief Operating Officer) approached Vijay Patil (President of the Cricket Mumbai) in the sidelines of the APEX MCA board meeting.
Next, a few days later, Amin and Patil met Sharad Pawar at the residence of Supremo NCP.
Pawar has gave a green signal to the BCCI proposal.
During this week or in the next 10 days, he, BCCI and MCA officials will meet with the Chairman of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray and Head of Secretary Debashish Chakrabarty In this case.
There should be no problem on this front, because the tournament will be played in a tight bio bubble without the crowd, and the players and officials will often be tested, “reliable sources.
Informed toi.
This source clarified that though Maharashtra (40, 925 new cases on Saturdays) and Mumbai (20, 971 new cases) were in the grip of a surge in Covid cases, the state government, in the latest order of restrictions on Covid on Saturday, Saturday, has made it possible For sports events if some rules are strictly followed.
On the latest order of the Maharashtra government, “Sports competitive events must be suspended, except national and international level competitions are scheduled, with the following: 1: no crowd, 2: bio-bubble for all players and officials.
3: Indonesian Government Regulation applies For all participating international and domestic players.
4: RT-PCR / RAT every third day for all players and officials.
“For this reason the state government has enabled the AFC 2022 Asian Cup behavior in Maharashtra.
Usually IPL is performed on the format of the house and away, but a tremendous surge in the Covid case in India- 1,41,986 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the country on Saturday – has forced BCCI to cut the central number of 10 to four.
This is an increasing number of Covid which forces BCCI to delay all domestic tournaments on January 5.
Limiting the whole league into only three stadiums in Mumbai and one place in the nearest Pune will help BCCI eliminate air travel during the tournament, something quoted as one of the main reasons for the Covid case in Bio-Bubble last year.
“Until now, the plan is to hold IPL in India.
If, however, Maharashtra options are also ruled out in the future, then BCCI may be forced to take the IPL to the UAE again,” said the source.