Sports, Cricket: IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal dismissed speculation regarding a Saudi-backed cricket event, emphasising that the BCCI supports the expansion of T20 leagues

IPL 2025 | Here's what IPL chairman said about cash-rich league happening in Saudi Arabia

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was indefinitely postponed on Tuesday due to the multiple COVID-19 cases across teams. While fans and pundits have questions the BCCI for keeping multiple venues for the T20 tournament at a time when India is fighting the second wave of the coronavirus, BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal has said that they would have held the IPL 2021 overseas had they knew this situation was going to arise.

‘Had we known, we could have held IPL overseas’: BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is open to the idea of reviewing sponsorship police for the next cycle but has no plans to end the current contract with IPL title sponsor Vivo.

Chinese sponsorship in IPL helps Indian economy, not other way around: BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal