Mumbai: Board of Control for Cricket in India are all likely to scrap the Champions League T20 and replace it with mini-IPL which will take place in United Arab Emirates.
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According to a report in The Indian Express, the mini-IPL will feature top four teams which have made it to the knockout stages of the Indian Premier League.
The report quoted BCCI official who said, “The planning is on and we will have a meeting on this before this IPL gets over.” The Indian cricket board reportedly told Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa – joint owners of CLT20 – of its decision."
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The official added, “It (CLT20) was not serving any purpose, people weren’t attracted to it. We are looking at all possibilities of a substitute tournament to replace CLT20 and the initial idea is to have an IPL-2 so that Indian crowds could relate more to it.”
*The story was first published here.
