"YES, WE ARE READY..EVERYTHING IS PLANNED," IPL CHAIRMAN REVEALS MONTH & DETAILS!

As a big news for cricket fans, the Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Brijesh Patel revealed that they are ready to hold the 2020 edition of the league. They are only waiting for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision on the T20 World Cup. 

The 13th edition of the IPL has been postponed since March due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country. While the T20 World Cup was slated to be played from October 18 to November 15 in Australia, 2020. 

While speaking to news agency ANI, chairman Brijesh Patel said, "Yes we are ready to go with IPL in September-October window, everything is planned and ready. Will have to follow the guidelines and SOPs, for medical and other things."

"Can't say as of now whether the crowd will be there or not. We will have to see the situation at that time but yes we are ready to hold the IPL this year with or without a crowd... We are waiting for the announcement from ICC on T20 World Cup. If it is not happening, we can hold IPL," he added.

Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday said that it is yet to decide on the event and will continue to explore a "number of contingency plans" regarding the future of these events.

Further highlighting the IPL format, Patel asserted that they want to go with a full-fledged format of IPL only after looking into the situation they will take a call accordingly.