Kolkata, (the states. news)
Board of Control
for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly
on Monday said their priority was to host England early next year in India
under the
present situation. The global pandemic has forced the Indian cricket governing
body to delay and then
shift the ongoing IPL season to UAE. And there have even been reports of the
possibility
of playing the England series over there as well. But, for now, the board’s
focus remains
on making the tour happen in India.”The priority is to make this (series
against England) happen in India,” Ganguly said at a promotional event in the city.
“We will try to make this happen on Indian grounds. The advantage in UAE
is they
have three stadiums (Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai).”
India is presently in the grip of pandemic and no place was safe from
coronavirus as
the country was now the second in the list of countries with most cases of
deadly disease.
The BCCI chief said that they were continuing to work on trying to ‘make it
happen (England) in India.’
“We are monitoring it,” Ganguly said. “We want to have our
domestic season. We have all the combinations, situations ready in our mind. We
will try and make it happen as much as we can.”
“Everything is fluid. It’s been hard for the last six months to keep
everything in order. You
want your cricket to happen.You want lives to get back to normal, there are
players involved.
But you also want to have a close look at the Covid situation,” the former
India captain said.
As per plan, England are to travel to India for five Tests, three ODIs and
three T20Is, to
be played between January and March. (uni) (media
saheb.com)
BCCI’s priority to host England series in India early next year – Sourav Ganguly
