Mumbai: Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner, Indian Premier League (IPL), has said the IPL season II will be played in April-May, but with a revised schedule, taking into account the dates of the Lok Sabha elections that will be held during that period.
“The BCCI office-bearers met some IPL officials and we are extremely thankful and grateful to Home Minister P. Chidambaram for clarifying that security will be provided for the IPL Season II,” said Mr. Modi.
Mr. Modi said the IPL and the BCCI were in touch with all States that would host matches on the matter of security and would soon announce the new schedule.
He said:
“We assure the fans, sponsors and others that the IPL is on. There’s no question of moving it overseas as has been speculated by some sections of the media.
“There will be black-out dates. We will take into account the dates of the general election when preparing the schedule.
“Reworking the schedule is a cumbersome process and hence wait for the official communication from the IPL and do not speculate. There are 14 cities available for the IPL matches, but we will have to shortlist those to eight. The number of days would remain the same.”
The reworking of the schedule would lead to two or three franchise owners foregoing their right to stage all the seven matches in their designated home city.
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