New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has refuted stories that it has offered to host the now-postponed Indian Premier League this 12 months, terming the stories as “speculation”.
NZC spokesperson Richard Boock mentioned the cricket board has not expressed its curiosity to host the IPL, which was to be held in March this 12 months however was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The report is simply speculation. We have not offered to host the IPL nor have we had an approach to do so,” NZC spokesperson Boock was quoted as saying by Radio New Zealand.
Boock’s assertion got here in after a BCCI official acknowledged that New Zealand have additionally joined together with UAE and Sri Lanka the race to host this 12 months’s IPL whether it is shifted out of India due to the pandemic.
The BCCI is eyeing the September-November window to host the occasion instead of the World T20 in Australia, which is for certain to be postponed due to the rising circumstances of the lethal virus.
If the IPL is taken in another country, it is going to be the second such occasion.
Its 2009 version was hosted by South Africa due to the final elections in India.
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