BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has confirmed that the IPL 2021 will be hosted in April-May. Which means the BCCI left with a very little for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League.
While interview, Sourav Ganguly also hinted that the tournament could be held in India. He also revealed that India will host England and a bio-bubble will be created for the international and domestic tournament- Ranji Trophy as well.
Ganguly told in India Today’s Inspiration, “Yeah, absolutely. April, May we’ll have another one. No, no it’s not true. The UAE was only for the IPL. Yeah, yeah. We will host England in India. We will host domestic cricket in India. Ranji Trophy, we will create a bio bubble and we will do it.”
Ganguly further asserted, “We’ll be fine. We’ll be fine. ISL starting in November in Goa, we’ll be fine. The scare, that is not there anymore and the IPL has helped a lot.”
Earlier, as India Women’s Test captain Mithali Raj told India Today about a full-fledged Women’s IPL in a couple of years, BCCI President has spoken on the same lines.
A 6-day Women’s T20 Challenge, involving 3 teams, is underway in the UAE and now the BCCI is looking forward to hosting a full-fledged IPL for the women after how they performed and attracted crowds in the T20 World Cup early in 2020.
“Yeah, India, I think we focus on every cricket, whether it’s men’s cricket, women’s cricket, junior cricket, under 16 cricket because infrastructure is very very important and every level of cricket needs to be looked at so that the team at the top becomes the best and that’s why India keeps producing talent because their under 19 structure and under 16 structure is also at as good,” Ganguly added.