The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 19 with the final of teh cash-rich league on November 8, chairman of the IPL governing council, Brijesh Patel, told PTI on Friday. With everything seemingly in place for the tournament to go ahead, Indian fans are excited about the likelihood of seeing their favorite cricketers back in action and India’s badminton star Kidambi Srikanth is no different.
Recently, the badminton star took to Twitter to express his happiness, saying that he was “excited and looking forward to see @msdhoni play again”. MS Dhoni has been missing competitive cricket sicne India’s loss to New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. Tweeting his excitement, Kidambi Srikanth wrote: “Great to know #IPL2020 is happening. I’m excited and looking forward to see @msdhoni play again!”
Great to know #IPL2020 is happening.
I’m excited and looking forward to see @msdhoni play again! 💪🏻— Kidambi Srikanth (@srikidambi) July 24, 2020
Talking about the same, Patel said, “The GC will meet shortly but we have finalized the schedule. It will run from September 19 to November 8. We expect government approval to come through. It is a full 51-day IPL.”
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He further added, “We are making the SOP and it will be ready in a few days. To allow crowd or not depends on the UAE government. Anyway, social distancing has to be maintained. We have left it for their government to decide on that. Will also be writing to the UAE board formally.”
There was a massive cloud over IPL 2020 with the coronavirus pandemic having adverse effects on the cricketing calendar. Hopes rested on ICC’s decision on the T20 World Cup in Australia this year. BCCI got a clear window for the IPL when the ICC decided to postpone this year’s T20 World Cup.
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The IPL 2020 was originally scheduled to take place in March this year but was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
