BCCI president and former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has stated that hosting the Indian Premier League on India remains his first priority. He expressed his hope that 2020 doesn’t go sans IPL despite his concerns around the rising coronavirus cases. The T20 league was supposed to start on March 29. However, it remains suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We don’t want the year 2020 to finish without an IPL. Our first priority is India and even if we get 35 to 40 days, we will host it. But we don’t know where…,” Ganguly said on India Today show ‘Inspiration’.
He said that while it is important for cricket to return to normalcy, any decision on the IPL can be taken only after the ICC decided on the face of the T20 World Cup. The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played in Australia in October-November.
New Zealand, Sri Lanka and the UAE have offered to host the event in the wake of the rise in the number of coronavirus cases in India. However, organising the league overseas would result in increased costs.