The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will not begin on March 29 as per the existing schedule. The tournament is being postponed to April 15th.
The BCCI is concerned & sensitive about all its stakeholders, and public health in general, and it is taking all necessary steps to ensure that all people related to IPL.
A meeting of the IPL's governing council is scheduled for Saturday in Mumbai. Before that meeting, the office-bearers of the Board and members of the governing council were expected to meet all franchises of the league and other important stakeholders to chart out the way forward.
The postponement will allow the BCCI to reassess that situation too. If the tournament can be held from mid-April onward, then there is time now to work on the visas. Remember, the IPL cannot be held without overseas players. That's a condition every franchise will put on paper regardless of anything else," sources add.
The IPL will be played behind closed doors, to empty stands. The order from the central sports ministry on the matter stands.
