17th June, 2020

Organising IPL 2020 won’t be easy: Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia

  • Ness Wadia also said in this regard that the possibility of staging the IPL abroad or a truncated version of the tournament is yet to be taken.

 

  • With doubts over the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year, a two-month window has opened up to stage the IPL.

 

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) might be delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic but appears to be on track to be held around September-October this year. The IPL franchises, including Ness Wadia’s Kings XI Punjab, are fully backing the idea of holding IPL 2020, even if it means the T20 tournament may be a truncated one.

Cricket Australia (CA) had made it clear on Tuesday (June 16) that it will be ‘unrealistic’ to hold the T20 World Cup in Australia this year. That opens up a two-month window for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in which to organize the IPL.

Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia isn’t too concerned about the venue as long as it has adequate infrastructure.

In this regard, Kings XI co-owner Ness Wadia said that during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organizing a tournament like the IPL won’t be ‘easy’:

“Considering the current situation, there are too many complications in hosting the T20 World Cup with 16 teams. Organizing the IPL won’t be easy too. It has to be at a place which has adequate infrastructure, both on and off the field,” Ness Wadia told PTI news agency.

 

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Considering the current situation, there are too many complications in hosting the T20 World Cup with 16 teams. Organizing the IPL won’t be easy too. It has to be at a place which has adequate infrastructure, both on and off the field.

Ness Wadia, Kings XI co-owner