IPL 2020 Schedule To Be Released On Sunday, Says Chairman Brijesh Patel
Sep 5, 2020 at 5:32 PM
The much-awaited IPL 2020 schedule will be released on 6th of September, Sunday as confirmed by Chairman Brijesh Patel. With less than a fortnight left for the IPL to begin the schedule had been eagerly awaited and will finally be out now tomorrow. The fans have been eagerly waiting for the most loved cricket league in the world to begin, with cricket being halted for so long due to the pandemic.
The 13th edition of IPL was originally scheduled to kick off from March 29 was postponed indefinitely after April 15 due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the nation. The postponing of the World Cup to 2021 gave the IPL a window to be conducted in September.
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IPL 2020 schedule to release tomorrow
IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel told ANI on Saturday “The schedule will be released tomorrow.”
The IPL 2020 will begin from September 19 till November 10, a total 53-day campaign will see all the 8 teams play in UAE. The venue this time is UAE and matches will be played in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
Sourav Ganguly on IPL 2020 audience:
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly recently stated that it could be possible for them to allow 30 per cent people in the stands, maintaining social distancing in the stands. They will be properly tested and only then allowed to enter the ground.
“Because of the COVID and infection, you don’t want people to be too close to each other, but very soon you will see there will be 30 per cent people in the ground with social distancing,” Sourav Ganguly said.
“They are properly tested and allowed to enter the ground. But I think that is going to happen over a period of time. We could have easily avoided the IPL…but then, that’s what we humans are and that’s why we have survived all the difficult times,” he added.
Earlier last week, the Chennai Super Kings squad had to go through an extra quarantine after 13 squad members including two players tested positive for COVID-19 on last Saturday. The two players that tested positive were Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
One member of the broadcasting team was also found positive before their departure from India which postponed the whole team’s travel dates further.