AFP, New Delhi :
The Indian Premier League (IPL), world cricket’s most valuable tournament, returns home from March 26 but its league phase will be restricted to two cities due to the coronavirus pandemic, reports said Thursday.
Mumbai and Pune will host the 15th edition of the lucrative Twenty20 tournament that began in India last year but midway moved out to the United Arab Emirates.
“The IPL will kick off on March 26,” IPL chairman Brijesh Patel was quoted as saying by the Indian media after a governing council meeting on Thursday. “We will also have crowds but as per the policy of the Maharashtra (western state of India) government.”
Ten teams, including two news franchises in Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans, will feature in 70 league matches across four venues with the league set to conclude on May 29.
