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
IPL 2020, which was supposed to start on March 29, was on Friday postponed till April 15
The organisers will put extra medical teams at the stadiums and all the spectators will be screened at the venue before watching the match
The IOC is saying Olympics in Tokyo will be held as per schedule and IPL is a minuscule tournament in that regard. If Olympics can be held, there's no reason why IPL can't be held, says a BCCI officia
The BCCI has already said that it is going ahead with the IPL as scheduled from March 29.
In a circular sent to all IPL franchises, the BCCI has notified that instead of a whopping Rs 20 crore, the IPL champion team will now receive Rs 10 crore only.
Rajasthan Royals likely to face the biggest impact as it has the largest number of foreign players on its side
The TVC highlights the non-stop fan chatter and features plenty of colourful motifs and pop culture references symbolising the pan India nature of the IPL
RCB will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in its first match of IPL 2020 on March 31
At 11, RR had the highest number of players bought in the IPL 2020 auctions; it roped in five uncapped ones, including promising youngsters Yashaswi Jaiswal and Kartik Tyagi
After KKR, led by Dinesh Karthik, failed to reach the playoffs last season, the franchise recently dropped some key players like Robin Uthappa and Chris Lynn
KXIP will play two afternoon matches - first at home ground on April 26 against Kolkata Knight Riders and the second on May 3 against Royal Challengers Bangalore
With the likes of David Warner, Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson at the top of the batting order, another superb performance would be expected of SRH