Received govt approvals for IPL in UAE, confirms Brijesh Patel; says Vivo's substitute to be finalised by Aug 18
The BCCI has received the central government's formal
approval to conduct this year's Indian Premier League in the UAE, IPL chairman Brijesh
Patel revealed on Monday.
The IPL boss also said that BCCI, in all likelihood, will
announce the tournament's new title sponsors by August 18. There will be a
seven-day window for interested companies to submit the bid.
The IPL will be held in the UAE from September 19 to
November 10 in three cities -- Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The government had last week given an "in
principle" go-ahead to the BCCI to shift the marquee league to the UAE due
to rising cases of COVID-19 in the country.
"Yes, we have received all the written
approvals," Patel told PTI when asked whether the permission has come in
writing from both the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA).
When an Indian sports body shifts a domestic tournament
abroad, it requires clearance from Home, External and sports ministries
respectively.
"Once we had the verbal okay from the government, we had
intimated the Emirates
Cricket Board. Now we have the
papers also, so franchises can be intimated that everything is in order,"
a veteran BCCI official told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
Most of the franchises will be flying out after August 20
after two mandatory RT-PCR (COVID-19 tests) conducted within 24 hours from
their departure base.
The Chennai
Super Kings players and
staff, who are leaving on August 22, will have a small camp at the Chepauk on
the insistence of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The BCCI is also facing problems on the sponsorship front
after calling off the title deal with Chinese mobile phone company Vivo for the
current year due to massive public outrage over the Sino-India border stand-off.
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