Speaking at a ‘Royal Fans Meet’ on video-sharing app Zoom, McCrum put his utmost faith in the country’s cricket governing authority to find a possible window for the cash-rich league in the current calendar year.
In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, BCCI postponed IPL 2020 indefinitely after an initial postponement from its scheduled start date of March 29th. With the lockdown period getting extended, finding a window to organise the prestigious league this year has been the BCCI’s top priority. Going by reports, the September-November window, with the latter two months originally earmarked for the WT20 in Australia, is being seen as the front-runner.
IPL 2020 in a September-November window
Citing the example of a highly successful IPL in 2009, an event that was organised in South Africa at an extremely short notice, the Royals’ COO expressed hopes of a similar turnaround by the BCCI this time also.
The news of sports minister Kiren Rijiju giving a green light to the National Sports Federations (NSFs) to organise sporting events, provided the governing bodies maintained and followed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), comes as a huge sigh of relief.
Some of the IPL franchises, including Rajasthan Royals, have also expressed their willingness to have the tournament with only Indian players. But this move has not been welcomed by the Chennai Super Kings.
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