IPL 2020: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly Leaves For Dubai To Oversee IPL 2020 Preparations | Cricket News

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday left for Dubai to supervise preparations for a bio-secure IPL starting on September 19. Defending champions Mumbai Indians will face Chennai Super Kings within the opening match of the T20 occasion, which has been moved to the UAE because of the rising COVID-19 instances in India. “My first flight in 6 months to dubai for IPL…crazy life changes,” Ganguly posted on his Instagram deal with with an image through which he’s sporting a masks and face defend, a part of the Standard Operating Procedure whereas flying amid the pandemic. 

The BCCI was capable of create a window for the IPL following the postponement of the T20 World Cup in Australia, scheduled for October-November. 

The Board would have confronted a income lack of Rs 4000 crore if the match, which often takes place in April-May, had not received the go forward. 

IPL chairman Brijesh Patel is among the many different key officers who’re already in Dubai. 

The match, regardless of its strict well being security measures, has already endured situations of contingent members testing optimistic for the dreaded virus. 

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Chennai Super Kings has been the worst affected with 13 of its members, together with two gamers, in quarantine after testing optimistic. 

Fans is not going to be allowed inside stadiums when the league begins however some crowd is likely to be authorised within the later phases of the match after a evaluation of the COVID-19 scenario. The occasion might be performed at three venues — Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.