England’s director of cricket Ashley Giles has cleared out that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will not make any changes in their home schedule in order to make way for the Indian Premier League 2021.
Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had requested the ECB to either shorten the Test series between India and England or prepone it so that BCCI get enough time to fit in the remaining IPL 2021.
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These comments from Giles have cleared the air surrounding England’s chances of hosting the remainder of the IPL 2021.
“I’m not aware of anything official, any requests to shift anything. As far as we’re concerned and what we’re prepared for, the matches will be where they are,” Giles is quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
“I’m not surprised there’s all sorts of speculation. Everyone wants to get their cricket in. But we’ve not received anything official and we’re cracking on,” he said.
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India and England will lock horns against each other in a mouthwatering clash of five-match Test series, which will commence from August 4. This will kick off England’s tight schedule for the next few months, where they will feature in the T20 World Cup in India before flying Down Under to play the Ashes.
“We have a full schedule. If we go from the end of the fifth Test in September, we are set to leave for Bangladesh on September 19 or 20. We have a full schedule right through including Pakistan and wherever the T20 World Cup is,” Giles said.
“We are going to have to give some of these guys a break at some point. But the intention of giving guys a break for, say, Bangladesh, wouldn’t be for them to go and play cricket elsewhere. We have to manage our schedule now, so we get our guys arriving in the best shape possible for the T20 World Cup and the Ashes.”
The latest developments are suggesting that the IPL 2021 will take place in UAE from around 18 September.
