BCCI Mulls All Options To Stage IPL, Hosting T20 League Outside India On The Cards, Reveals Source

"The board is looking at all options. If it comes to taking IPL out of India, it may happen but as the last option," a source within BCCI told ANI.

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is mulling all the possible options to stage the thirteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with looking at even the possibility of staging the flagship T20 league outside the country but as their last resort. "The board is looking at all options. If it comes to taking IPL out of India, it may happen but as the last option," a source within BCCI told ANI. "If that's the only option then we will consider it. We have done it in the past also and we can do it again but the first preference will be to host it in India," the source added. The 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League which was slated to begin on March 29 has been postponed indefinitely by the BCCI in wake of the threat posed by the coronavirus crisis. It is notable that the Indian Premier League has been held outside India in the past, as IPL 2009 was hosted by South Africa and the 2014 edition was co-staged in India and UAE. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday deferred a decision on 'all agenda items' until June 10. The source said that nothing has been finalised as of now and they will wait to get clarity over the T20 World Cup, to be played in Australia from October 18-November 15. "We will await for clarity over T20 World Cup from ICC before discussing anything further. But I can tell that as of now no decision has been taken," the source said.