April 14, 2016 by admin

IPL chairman Shukla to meet affected franchises tomorrow DDCA willing to host IPL’s play-off matches

New Delhi, April 14
Faced with a logistical crisis after the Bombay High Court ordered for shifting of 13 IPL matches out of drought-hit Maharashtra, league chairman Rajeev Shukla will meet the two affected franchises of the state tomorrow to work out a way forward.
Left with barely 17 days to look for new venues for the matches scheduled after April 30, Shukla called the representatives of Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants for a meeting in the capital.
“Tomorrow the IPL staff and the two affected franchises Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants have been called for a meeting to discuss the issue of relocation of their matches and we will be hopefully able to come to a solution.
We will only know tomorrow evening in Delhi,” Shukla told.
BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur is also likely to be present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, the Delhi and District Cricket Association today offered to host the two IPL play-off games scheduled in Pune.
DDCA vice-president CK Khanna expressed its readiness to host the playoffs to IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla.
“I on behalf of DDCA offer that our association is ready to host playoffs matches of IPL. We assure you our best of co-operation to BCCI/IPL for the said matches if they are shifted and allotted to us,” Khanna said in a statement addressed to Shukla.
The Bombay HC ruling owing to the water crisis in the state means that 13 matches, including the final in Mumbai on May 29, cannot be held in Maharashtra.
The order came despite an assurance by the BCCI that IPL franchises of Mumbai and Pune had agreed to contribute Rs five crore each to CM’s drought relief fund.
Yesterday, the Cricket Association of Bengal expressed readiness to host the coveted final of the IPL in case the BCCI is unable to get a stay from SC.