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We have not
offered to host the IPL nor have we had an approach to do so, says Richard
Boock
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Wellington(Agencies): New
Zealand Cricket (NZC) has refuted reports that it has offered to host the
now-postponed Indian Premier League this year, terming the reports as
"speculation".
NZC spokesperson Richard Boock
said the cricket board had not expressed its interest to host the IPL, which
was to be held in March this year but was postponed indefinitely because of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
"The report is simply
speculation. We have not offered to host the IPL nor have we had an approach to
do so," NZC spokesperson Boock was quoted as saying by Radio New Zealand.
Boock's statement came in
after a BCCI official stated that New Zealand had also joined along with UAE
and Sri Lanka the race to host this year's IPL if it was shifted out of India
because of the pandemic.
The BCCI is eyeing the
September-November window to host the event in place of the World T20 in
Australia, which is certain to be postponed because of the growing cases of the
deadly virus.
If the IPL is taken out of the
country, it will be the second such instance.
Its 2009 edition was hosted by
South Africa because of the General Elections in India. PTI
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