The Board of Control for Cricket Indian (BCCI) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have come to an agreement that both the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) can take place without one overlapping into the other. BCCI requested Cricket West Indies o slightly change the dates of CPL so that the IPL can be fitted inside within the limited time available for the Indian side. CPL schedule was already out as the ninth edition was about to begin on 28 August with the final to be played on September 19. “CWI is doing our best to help facilitate a smooth transition from CPL to IPL, without a conflicting overlap,” Ricky Skerritt, the president of CWI, told Cricbuzz confirming the proposed changes in the schedule.
The agreement between CWI and BCCI has now been finalized and there is a slight tweak in the CPL 2021 schedule. Now, the league will start on August 25 and end on September 15, allowing IPL to start as per its original date. Now, there won’t be any overlapping between both the tournaments and the West Indies players, and various other players who are part of CPL, as well as IPL, can play both the leagues, after a quick quarantine period. The CPL authorities are also getting ready with the logistics because the West Indies players will now have to move from the national bubble to their respective franchise bubbles as they will just finish their Pakistan series. The BCCI, meanwhile, is trying to address few more issues before it announces the dates of the remaining 31 IPL games, which will be played in UAE. Before the IPL was suspended, 31 matches were still left to be held, including the playoffs. IPL 2021 was suspended mid-season following a breach of multiple bio-secure bubbles across teams. with several players and support staff testing positive, which prompted BCCI to postpone the remainder of the tournament.
