Brijesh Patel the governing council chairman of the Indian Premier League has confirmed that a full-fledged IPL would be held in UAE. The IPL GC will meet within a week or 10 days and all decisions (including final schedule) will be taken there. As of now, the plan is to have a full fledged IPL comprising 60 games and most likely in the UAE," IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel told PTI. Foreign players will fly in directly to the UAE from their respective countries.
The franchisees had already been working on their plans for the IPL even before the ICC announcement. The window is likely to be between September 26 and November 8, according to media reports. The tentative schedule is said to have been arrived at during a meeting held on Friday. After ICC postponed the IPL decks were cleared for the cash rich league. However, the host broadcaster is reported to have expressed disappointment as it wants the dates to be extended till November 14 to coincide with the Diwali weekend.
