The International Cricket Council (ICC) had posted a tweet, asking everyone to reveal the misconception they had about cricket growing up
However, KKR's costliest player Pat Cummins is still hopeful about the tournament going ahead and is ready to play in front of empty stands
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen believes the IPL should happen
While various options have been discussed like a closed-door tournament, or a curtailed one, it is almost clear that everyone wants foreign players to be a part of the IPL, says BCCI official
While IPL 2020 has been postponed till April 15, there is very little chance of a shortened tournament in May as it might take months for normalcy to return
There have also been talks of having an IPL without foreign players considering that international borders have been locked down
some of the youngsters who were to play their first season of IPL this year have time and again been checking the status of the league and creating a group was the perfect solution, says a franchise
With a nationwide lockdown in place to combat the spread of the disease, the event seems unlikely to go ahead unless the BCCI figures an alternate window later in the year
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all sporting action across the world had been stopped including the IPL 2020.
Earlier this month, BCCI has postponed the IPL 2020 to April 15 from March 29 as a precautionary measure.
I can't say anything at the moment as we are at the same place where we were on the day we postponed; nothing has changed in the last 10 days, says BCCI president Sourav Ganguly
The star-studded eight-team league was originally scheduled to start on March 29 in Mumbai but looks set for a cancellation given the current crisis over Covid-19 pandemic
The Sports Ministry has made it clear that the fate of the 13th edition of the IPL can be decided only after the government comes out with a fresh advisory after April 15
The prized BCCI cash-cow IPL may see a massive value erosion of USD 1 billion over its last year valuation if the game is called off this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, says a report. According to the global advisory firm Duff & Phelps, the brand Indian Premier League (season 12) was valued at USD 6.8 billion in 2019 and the same will see an erosion of USD 200-350 million if the BCCI goes in for a truncated tourney with empty galleries and USD 700-1,000 million if the season is cancelled. The advisory agency as arrived at the numbers based on a two-scenario assessment of a truncated tourney with half the numbers of matches being played to empty galleries or no revenue from the gate sales and a complete washout of the 2020 season. As of now, the BCCI has not taken a final call on the IPL season which is expected on April 15. If cancelled, India will not be the lone loser as dozens of much larger cash-flowing matches across the world have already been called off and the fate of .
The IPL 2020 has been postponed till April 15 with India reporting more than 120 positive cases and three deaths
Seventeen Australians hold Indian Premier League contracts, which was scheduled to start on March 29 but has been suspended till April 15
Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday deferred its training camp, which was scheduled to begin on March 21, due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country.
The start of the 13th edition of Indian Premier League has been suspended from March 29 to April 15 with India currently registering 114 positive cases and two deaths for Covid-19
It was unanimously decided in meeting with BCCI that safety is a priority and considering how things stand, they might have to give the league a miss this year, says a franchise official