The future of the most anticipated IPL 2020 season

On 17 July, the BCCI’s Apex Committee held a video conference to discuss various issues including the future of the IPL 2020 season.

The International Cricket Council is meeting on Monday and is expected to take a final call on postponing/ suspending the T20 World Cup which is scheduled for later this year.

Meanwhile, the BCCI has made it clear that they are making necessary arrangements to host the thirteenth edition of the IPL abroad. One of the key points raised at the BCCI meeting was about training camps for central contracted players and it was understood that training camps would be held in the UAE.

If everything goes according to the plan, the 2020 IPL season will take place in the UAE. It is also worth noting that the duration of the tournament will be 5-6 weeks and that the time allotted to conduct will be between September and early November.

According to the latest reports, the franchises have started preparing for the upcoming edition of the league. All the aspects such as travel, logistics, accommodation and training camps are now being arranged by the franchises. 

Speaking to the news agency IANS, a franchise official stated, “You need to be smart and plan early. We have been given the required inputs and are planning accordingly. We have actually decided on the hotel we wish to stay at in Abu Dhabi and how exactly we will go through the process of flying in and going through the necessary quarantine period once in UAE. We will obviously need to brush up with the then health guidelines of the country.”

Another franchise official said that the franchises are looking to hire chartered planes to fly their players and staff to the UAE.

"I think most teams, if not all, are already looking at hiring chartered planes. You never know if we will have regular flights operating by the end of August and most teams would wish to be in the UAE by the last week of August or at max the first week of September. So, in such a scenario, the best way is to hire chartered planes as we will all have around 35-40 people flying to UAE. The number of members obviously increases a bit when you are headed outside and have restrictions in movement in times like these," he said.

It's only a matter of time until we get the complete details of the most anticipated IPL 2020 season.

Let us take a look at some numbers of IPL matches played in the UAE in 2014

Total Matches Played: 20

Most Runs: Glenn Maxwell 294 runs

Most Runs for RCB: Parthiv Patel 118 runs

Most Wickets: Sunil Narine 9 wickets

Most Wickets for RCB: Varun Aaron 8 wickets