The Indian Premier League is likely to be held in the UAE during October and November, if the International Cricket Council (ICC) postpones the T20 World Cup, scheduled for October-November. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah apprised the members at the Apex Council meeting on Friday.Once the T20 World Cup, supposed to be held over the same period, is officially postponed, the BCCI will approach the Indian government to check if they can host the IPL in India. If the situation in the country as regards the pandemic remains inconducive to hosting the tournament, they will shift the IPL to the UAE.

IPL was suspended indefinitely  until further notice after it missed the April-May deadline due to the Covid-19 pandemic. UAE has earlier hosted the first leg of IPL in 2014, successfully. and top officials of the eight franchises too have spoken among themselves last week and do not have a problem if the competition is moved to UAE. 

In another development, The board also informed it’s Apex Council that no domestic cricket would be held until December. Thirty-eight teams take part in various domestic and age-group tournaments played across the country. Since players’ mobility is a big factor, the board doesn’t want to taking any hasty decision on its domestic calendarTournaments like Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy and Challengers series will be scrapped and age-group tournaments too will take a major hit this season. Not just domestic cricket, but no international games are likely to be played at home this year.