IPL 2020: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly Leaves For Dubai To Take Stock Of 13th Season's Preparations In UAE

IPL 2020 UAE Preparations: "My first flight in 6 months to Dubai for IPL…crazy life changes," Ganguly posted on his Instagram handle with a picture in which he has his face covered with a mask and face shield, very much part of the Standard Operating Procedure while flying amid the pandemic.

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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday flew out to Dubai to oversee and take stock of the preparations for the first ever bio-secure Indian Premier League to be played amid the coronavirus pandemic in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from September 19 to November 10.  It is notable that IPL chairman Brijesh Patel is among the other key officials who are already in Dubai to monitor how things are shaping up ahead of the thirteenth edition of the league . The thirteenth edition of the IPL will commence from September 19 with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Chennai Super Kings in the high voltage tournament opener of the cash rich T20 event. Earlier on September 6, the BCCI had come out with the schedule for the upcoming edition which will be played out between eight teams over 56 days across three venues namely; Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. "My first flight in 6 months to Dubai for IPL…crazy life changes," Ganguly posted on his Instagram handle with a picture in which he is wearing a mask and face shield, part of the Standard Operating Procedure while flying amid the pandemic.

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My first flight in 6months to dubai for IPL.. crazy life changes ..

A post shared by SOURAV GANGULY (@souravganguly) on Sep 8, 2020 at 8:09pm PDT

The BCCI was lucky enough to create a window to stage the highly delayed 2020 IPL season following the International Cricket Council postponing the 2020 T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in Australia later this October-November. The Indian Cricket Board was starring at a potential revenue loss of Rs 4000 crore if the tournament, which usually takes place in April-May, had not been held. The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which is taking place despite the alarming coronavirus threat, has already witnessed a spree of instances with contingent members of the CSK squad testing positive for the highly contagious virus. Chennai Super Kings has been the worst affected with 13 of its members, including two players, in quarantine after testing positive.