The Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) is likely to be held in India this year and it was reported that BCCI will come up with some key IPL 2021 updates through an upcoming Governing Council meeting.

Earlier, InsideSport had reported that the IPL Governing Council meeting will be conducted sometime in the first week of March where the decision will be taken regarding the IPL 2021 venue and IPL dates.

However, the same website has now reported that the IPL 2021 finals date could be preponed due to ICC World Test Championship finals. The WTC Finals will be played on June 18.

The report further stated that if the IPL 2021 final does take place on June 6, then it will be difficult for the Indian team to acclimatize to the Test format in a very short duration. Moreover, to comply with the current Covid-19 norms in UK, India will have to reach the UK at-least 7-8 days in advance.

On the other hand some of the teams like Mumbai Indians would want the tournament to start early so as to capitalize on the rich form of their players. For instance Kieron Pollard who smashed 6 sixers in an over against Sri Lanka recently.

Mumbai Indians are once again strong title contenders this years as the team brought players like James Neesham and Marco Jansen in the recently concluded auctions.

With a spot in the ICC World Test Championship finals at stake both India and England are currently battling it out in India vs England 4th Test currently underway at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Virat Kohli and co are currently at the top of the ICC World Test Championship standings and need to avoid defeat in the final Test versus England to take their rightful place in the World Test Championship final where New Zealand will await them.

Indian Premier League's (IPL) governing council is monitoring the situation of COVID-19 in Mumbai and the body would be soon deciding how to go about conducting the 14th edition of the premier T20 tournament