Currently, 16 remaining games of the Indian Premier League can be completed during the window of 10 to 12 days in September as the Asia Cup is now uncertain due to increasing armed hostility between India and Pakistan. This would be a miracle if the Asia Cup, which is hosted by India (allegedly at a neutral site), moves forward, which began with the murder of 26 people in a terrorist attack in Pahgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Almost non-existent sports relationships are unlikely to resume at any level until stress easily.
The Asia Cup was given a 19-day window in September, where at least two Indo-Pak matches were to be separated from the possibility of a final conflict between bitter rivals, assuring broadcasters of high advertising revenue.
After being suspended on Friday, a senior BCCI official told PTI, “If cricket is likely to war with an evil nation (Pakistan), it is very bad optics, when everything can continue when everything is normal. Also it is very natural for foreign players and coaches and wants to be careful to return home,” A senior officer of BCCI described PTI indefinitely after indefinite after indefinite.
Incidentally, the Asian Cricket Council is now headed by the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Mohsin Naqvi and Onas will be to deal with the financial loss on it which will cause the Asia Cup cancellation.
It is understood that the BCCI Top Brass decision to suspend the league was well thought out that only a handful of matches were left that could be completed with possible double-headers in the 10-day window.
Option for BCCI?
The IPL has a dedicated window from March end to the end of May, during which no international cricket is determined, which allows world cricket to ply up its business in the league. Now that the schedule is highires, the BCCI will have to find out the available options.
The Indian team will visit England from the first week of June to the first week of August and that program cannot be changed.
The only period that right now looks good is between the second and fourth week of September, where the BCCI can also interact with various cricket boards to allow its players (except for freelancers who do not need permission) to allow them to come back and complete.
Why not August?
In August, India has a six -match white ball away series against Bangladesh that could stop for the IPL. However, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) ‘The Handal’ will be played between 5 to 31 August, where most of the top T20 players who play in the IPL will also participate.
Most IPL franchise owners such as Reliance and RPSG Group bought bets in ‘The Handal’.
Apart from this, Australia will host South Africa for the six -match white ball chain through the month of August, so players from both countries will not be available.
Why is September the best option?
From August 15 to September 22, the Caribbean Premier League will also be held, where some players from the West West Indies are going to participate. But during the second week of September, a fair number of West Indies players can be made available to their respective IPL teams.
England and South Africa have a six -match white ball series from 2 to 14 September. Given a cordial relationship that BCCI shares with both ECB and Cricket South Africa, it may request them that they may allow players to release their IPL teams during the window.
After all, the SA20 is also a league that runs on investment from the IPL franchise.
By the end of September, India’s WTC (World Test Championship) commitments against West Indies and South Africa will begin after Australia’s white ball tour in October-November.
The IPL could also be played in December, but top Australian players like Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc, who are in a play-off controversy, will be busy with some English players with ash.
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