Sunday, March 22, 2009

IPL to be played outside India

IPL to be played outside India
With the state governments playing tough on sparing forces for security, the Indian Premier League was on Sunday shifted to another country amid speculation that England or South Africa would be the venue for the second edition of the high-profile event

A BCCI press release, said it was not possible to hold the event on any other dated that the original schedule due to busy international calender.

"The BCCI, therefore, is not in a position to either play a truncated IPL or to cancel the 2nd edition of the IPL... The BCCI is left with no other option but to conduct the Indian Premier League in another country,".

IPL Commissioner and Chairman Lalit Modi, said the Dates and timings of the matches will remain the same. The Indian audiences can watch the matches at 4 pm and 8 pm IST as they did in the inaugural season.

The final schedule and venue for IPL 2009 are likely to be announced on Monday.
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