T20 World Cup to be Held in UAE & Oman

 The News Cover: In June, the ICC had given the BCCI that was supposed to host the T20 tournament in India amidst the rising covid cases, 4-weeks to decide whether or not they want to move the tournament to another location. BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly on 28th June said that the T20 World Cup is now be held in UAE & Oman. The decision was taken to keep the players and staff safe during the tournament. 

Even though the matches have been moved to the UAE & Oman, the BCCI will continue to be the host of the tournament. The matches will be played in across 4 cricket grounds. The matches will be in UAE's Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah, and also Oman. T20 World Cup will be starting on the 17th of October and the last will be played on the 14th of November. The IPL will also be held in UAE from September 19 to October 15. 

However, immediately after the IPL, the T20 world cup will also be held. Once IPL ends on October 15, the T20 world cup will be on 17 October. This would prove to be a big headache for the BCCI. Another problem is that because of IPL and T20 World Cup, many players may not be available for the matches. England & Australia have already made it clear that it will not release the players for the IPL. We will have to see what happens next.

Cricket update: IPL 2021 suspended due to surge in Covid cases RCB | KKR | CSK

 

The News Cover: the ongoing premier league season has been indefinitely suspended after a spate of covid-19 cases inside the tournament bubble over the last two days. the decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the Indian cricket board bcci ipl today after reports of positive cases. from at least four different franchises two Kolkata players Varun Chakraborty, and Sandeep warrior, were confirmed to have tested positive on Monday.

 in Ahmedabad, the Chennai super kings, then announced this morning that two non-playing members of their contingent bowling coach L Balaji, and a member of the transportation staff had tested positive. in New Delhi, the sunrises Hyderabad, who was due to play the Mumbai Indians later today. in Delhi has also returned a positive test. alongside leg spinner, Amit Mishra, of the Delhi capitals, the breach of the biosecure bubble at two different locations has left.

the bcci, with no option but to suspend the tournament. the board was reported, mulling the possibility of moving the entire tournament to a single venue in Mumbai from next week. but that will no longer happen the bcci has confirmed. that the tournament has been indefinitely postponed. in the interest of safety and that it will now be assisting foreign players and being able to return, to their countries.