Sourav Ganguly Shares His First Priority
Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, as well as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has shared that they would like to host the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year if things go according to the plan and to host the tournament in India is the first priority.
The cash-rich league was scheduled to take place from March 29 but owing to global pandemic novel coronavirus the tournament was postponed until April 15 before postponed for an indefinite time period by the BCCI. However, Ganguly shared that the board's desire to host the IPL this year so that some sort of normalcy also returns amid this critical situation.
"We want to have it, as I said that cricket needs to be back," Ganguly said on India Today's show Inspiration. "For us, it's off-season at the moment which has actually helped. We finished out domestic season in March and then we had to cancel the IPL, which is the most important part of our domestic season. We want IPL to happen because life needs to be back to normal and cricket needs to be back to normal but we don't have a decision from the ICC regarding the T20 World Cup."
Meanwhile, reports also came that the league could be shifted out of India considering the COVID-19 in the country now. Even UAE and Sri Lanka have been in mind if in case the league takes place outside. But Ganguly shared their first priority before looking out for venues outside India.
"We keep hearing different things from the media but till actually its officially not told to the board members and the countries, you don't know what is happening," Ganguly said. "But we want to host it, our first priority is India. Whatever time we get, even if we get 35-40 days we will host it. Places like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai -- these are big teams in the IPL and at this stage, I don't think you can put your hand on heart and say that cricket will happen in these places.
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