The BCCI on Thursday suspended the IPL title sponsorship cope with Chinese language cell phone firm Vivo for the occasion’s upcoming version amid hovering Sino-India diplomatic tensions. The BCCI despatched out a one-line assertion with out giving any particulars to say that Vivo is not going to be related to the IPL this 12 months. “The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) and vivo Cellular India Pvt Ltd have determined to droop their partnership for Indian Premier League in 2020,” the press launch said. Vivo received the IPL title sponsorship rights for 5 years from 2018 to 2022 for a reported sum of Rs 2190 crore, roughly Rs 440 crore each year.
The BCCI is more likely to float a young for the brand new title sponsors as mandated by its structure.
The IPL begins on September 19 within the UAE, pressured out of India because of the rising COVID-19 instances. On Wednesday, the BCCI finalised the Normal Working Process (SOP) for the IPL 2020.
The SOP recommends that groups use “empty stands” as prolonged dressing rooms for out of doors technique conferences with a purpose to preserve social distancing.
The SOP which was handed over to the franchises states that the gamers and assist workers’s households can be a part of them however they will not be allowed to journey on the staff bus and may’t go away the bio bubble.
Additionally, the groups have been requested to make use of digital staff sheets moderately than captains carrying arduous copies of their enjoying XI listing.
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Eight totally different motels for the eight collaborating groups, two obligatory damaging COVID-19 take a look at experiences earlier than flying to the UAE and punishment for any breach of the bio-secure protocol are a part of the BCCI’s SOP for the IPL that was handed over to the franchises on Wednesday.
The SOP additionally requires groups to order meals in particular person rooms and keep away from using widespread eating areas “to forestall cross-infection and coming involved with different resort visitors”.
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