THE BCCI is considering shifting the IPL out of the country from next year, with two separate PILs in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh against hosting the T20 league’s matches sending the board into a tizzy over finding new venues.
“Next year, the IPL governing council will be looking at venues in India and abroad. The constant shifting is getting tough. From now, before drawing the schedule, we will check the availability of venues and prevailing conditions,” BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur told The Indian Express.
Earlier, 11 matches were moved out of Maharashtra on the orders of the Bombay High Court. These were to be held at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium. On Thursday, the Rajasthan High Court served notices to the board and the state asking them to respond to a PIL that questioned how matches shifted out of Maharashtra citing water scarcity could be held in Rajasthan which is facing a shortage. In Chhattisgarh, a PIL stated that 117 tehsils in the state were hit by drought.
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