New Delhi: BCCI is set to conduct IPL 2022 from last week March to the end of May and efforts will be made to host a favorable event in India according to the wishes of the team owner, Jay Shah’s board secretary said on Saturday.
If the source will be trusted, the tentative start date is March 27.
“I am happy to confirm that the 15th season of the IPL will begin in the last week of March and will run to the end.
The majority of team owners expressed their desire that the tournament was held in India,” Shah said as quoted in the press record released by BCCI.
He also explained that the board’s first preference was to hold events in India.
“BCCI is always interested in the 2022 edition staging that will see two new teams – Ahmedabad and Lucknow – in India.
I can tell you that we will leave without stone missed in ensuring that the IPL remains in India,” Shah said.
While UAE and South Africa are the backup options according to the sources attending the meeting, Shah stressed that all health safety is all famine including players, match officials are the most important for the council.
“BCCI has not compromised in the health and safety of his stakeholders in the past and will simultaneously work on plan B since the Covid-19 situation with a new variant remains fluid.
Read Alll 2022: Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, David Warner is expected to be the auction Mega auction the next auction will take place on February 12-13 and we will lock in the previous place, “Shah added.
BCCI initially contemplated two started dates for the next IPL with several who preferred Kickoff March 27 and some influential people who want the Mega event will begin on April 2, which is in accordance with the Decision of the Lodha Committee.
“Some owners preferred starting March 27 but India played their last international match against Sri Lanka, my A20 in Lucknow on March 18, and then you needed a 14-day loophole according to the Lodha rules which was why April 2 was also an option to start date,” said BCCI senior officials to PTI with anonymity requirements.
It can be understood that Indian players will also run out after staying in three back-to-back bubbles in South Africa (far) and at home against West Indies and Sri Lanka.
“BCCI must take the fatigue of the player’s bubble into the account if they start the IPL in less than 10 days completion of Sri Lankan tours,” said BCCI source.
However, after Shah’s statement, it seems that March 27 will be locked.
Mumbai-Pune can be the preferred place in India, Ahmedabad for Finalit also knows that all 10 IPL owners, including two new teams from Lucknow and Ahmedabad, want India as the host country for IPL 2022, with Mumbai and Pune into two preferred cities .
Their second choice is the United Arab Emirates where the IPL has been organized three times while the last option is South Africa where the Mega event was held back in 2009.
However, UAE and South Africa will only enter the image if Covid-19 situations in India deteriorate .
As reported in several quarters, Sri Lanka as the host was not even discussed at a meeting.
As far as the mega auction date is concerned, they remain 12 and 13 February in Bengaluru according to their original schedule.
“Today’s meeting is mainly about the owners who try to submit their advice on the problems of their choice.
“Mumbai has three reasons and we have more pune land on the highway than Pune City.
Do it in Wankhede, Brabourne Stadium and Dy Patil (Navi Mumbai) and Gahunje Stadium.
So there will be no air travel and there will be no bubbles.
In one city without bubble to transfer bubbles, “added the official.
The second choice is the UAE where they have a tight bio bubble and the two editions are successfully held.
“South Africa is the last choice but until now, we don’t even think about it as an option.
This is the last choice.
As far as it involves the entry, calls cannot be easily taken.
It will be taken closer to the tournament,” added the source.
The IPL will start the last week of March, the owner wants a match in India: Jay Shah
