This year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) was spared a logistical minefield when India’s cricket board announced on Tuesday that the entire Twenty20 tournament will be held in the country from March 23.
Scheduling of the cash-rich IPL had become a challenge this year with India’s general election due by May, also the month when the 50-overs World Cup gets underway in England.
The 2009 IPL was held in South Africa while part of the 2014 tournament was staged in the United Arab Emirates, both because of elections, and a similar prospect loomed large over this year’s competition.
“Based on preliminary discussions with the appropriate central and state agencies/authorities, it was decided that the 12th edition of the world’s most popular and competitive T20 tournament will be ... played in India,” the BCCI said in a statement.

IPL stays in India, to begin on March 23

Chennai Super Kings’ Shane Watson celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the 2018 IPL Twenty20 final against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai on May 27, 2018. (AFP)
Reuters, New Delhi
Wednesday 09 January 2019
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