‘Financial trouble if no IPL’

The suspension of all cricketing action because of the COVID19 pandemic has created problems aplenty for the administrators of the game.

There is no clarity on the future of bigticket tournaments like the Twenty20 World Cup, the Asia Cup, the Indian Premier League (IPL) and scheduled bilateral meets. The cancellation or prolonged postponement of matches will certainly have an impact on the nances of cricket boards.

While Cricket Australia is in a deep nancial crisis, the England and Wales Cricket Board is also fearing a heavy nancial loss this season.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treasurer Arun Dhumal admits that the Indian board, too, will “also be in a dicult position” if cricket does not resume fast. “This is denitely a big blow for world cricket. All the boards are feeling the heat. Once the pandemic is over, everybody needs to sit across the drawing board once again and redraw their strategies, as to how they can cope with the situation,” he said.

In a chat with Sportstar, Dhumal spoke on a range of issues.

“There is nothing much we can do. We will just have to wait for cricket to resume,” says BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal.

The BCCI will also be in a dicult position in case cricket does not resume soon, especially the IPL. In that case, the BCCI will also have to face a lot of nancial hardships.

The IPL is one of the major revenuegenerating tournaments.

K. V. S. GIRI Bringing in the bucks: The IPL is one of the major revenuegenerating tournaments.

VIVEK BENDRE The men in charge: (Left to right) BCCI secretary Jay Shah, president Sourav Ganguly and treasurer Arun Dhumal.