The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be earning INR 20 crore from gate money during the playoffs in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Durng the league stages, the gate money goes to the various franchises, the money collected from the last four games in the IPL goes to the board. The BCCI in its budget for the 2019 edition has calculated INR 2 crore rise from the gate money than what they had collected in the 2018 edition as per documents accessed by IANS. 

The final of IPL 2019 will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on May 12 after the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) failed lost the hosting rights due to some issues with the open stands I, J and K. But quality performance from Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has seen the board keep Qualifier 1 in Chennai as BCCI doesn’t want fans to be robbed a chance to watch a knockout game.

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While Chennai will now host Qualifier 1 on May 7, Vizag will host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2.

The playoffs are generally hosted at the home grounds of the defending champions and runners-up team, however, certain challenges saw the BCCI decided to shift the final of this season from Chennai to Hyderabad. Hyderabad failed to host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 due to local elections scheduled on May 6, 10 and 14. Vizag was kept as back-up for the playoff games.

Speaking after the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) meeting with Team IPL, chief Vinod Rai had spoken about the need to shift the final as the gate sales of the playoffs is BCCI’s privilege.

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Rai said, “We had to shift the matches from Chennai to Hyderabad after TNCA intimated us that they have not procured the requisite permission to open the three stands I, J and K. Since the gate sales of the knock-out matches is BCCI’s prerogative, we had to take a call.”