Reports | Multiple contentious issues further delay IPL schedule declaration
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A lot of contentious subjects - from the franchise and board side - are the major reason behind the IPL GC failing to announce the final schedule for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. As per the tentative schedule, Mumbai Indians will take on Chennai Super Kings in the first game.
Despite the IPL being just a few weeks away from kick-off, the schedule hasn't been announced with multiple theories floating around. A tentative schedule has been handed out to the franchise by the third week of January, with Mumbai Indians playing Chennai Super Kings in the inaugural game in Mumbai and Delhi Capitals locking horns with Kings XI Punjab in Delhi the following day. However, the official announcement has been awaited for long now.
In times of uncertainty, Mumbai Mirror reported that few conclaves and conferences in Kolkata and Delhi in the second and third week of April have disrupted the planning because accommodation would not be available for the outstation teams in those days but that has now been solved. However, Rajasthan Royals' decision to have Guwahati as a venue created more disturbance as a PIL has been filed over their move to shift a couple of games there.Â
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly's proposed All-Star game has left the franchises split with the Asia XI and World XI games in Bangladesh on March 18 and 21 for which Ganguly has committed to sending a few Indian players sent more shockwaves among the franchises. BCCI wants to send four-five players for the Dhaka games but the franchises are saying that the move just 10 days before the scheduled start of the IPL could affect the preparation and promotional campaigns.
