The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season was halted midway due to Corona. The leg of the remaining matches of this season will start from 19th September. The first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in Dubai. If sources are to be believed, IPL 2021 to resume with Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings on September 19th Sep.
IPL 2021 LIKELY KNOCK-OUT SCHEDULE:
The first qualifier of this league will be played in Dubai on October 10, while the Eliminator and second qualifier will be played in Sharjah on October 11 and 13 respectively.The remaining 31 matches of IPL 2021 will be played in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. The first match of the second league will be held in Dubai and the final of this season will be played on October 15.
IPL 2021 POSTPONE IMPACT:
In April this year, in the midst of the second wave of corona, this season was stopped there after many players and staff were found to be corona infected. The BCCI had to suffer a loss of about Rs 2000 crore due to stopping this league in the middle of the season.
IPL 2021 to resume with Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings on September 19th Sep
LAST MATCHES PLAYED IN IPL:
In the initial round of IPL, 29 matches were played. The last match was played on May 2 between Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab. The match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 3 was postponed. After being found corona infected. After this, the league was postponed indefinitely due to many players and staff members coming under the grip of Corona. Till the league halted, Delhi Capitals were on top of the points table with 12 points .
After this, when the outbreak of the second wave gradually subsided. The Special General Meeting (SGM) of the BCCI was organized. After this meeting, the Indian Cricket Board had decided to complete the tournament. issued a press release stating that. ‘The remaining matches of IPL 2021 will be played in the United Arab Republic (UAE) in September-October.
‘T20 World Cup will also start two days after IPL