‘BCCI talking to other Boards for IPL venue’

New Delhi: With the government making it clear that it will not be able to provide adequate security for IPL 7, the BCCI has started talking to cricket boards of other countries for possible venues for the tournament, tournament chairman Ranjib Biswal said on Friday.
“The (central) government had expressed its inability to provide adequate security for IPL 7 in view of the upcoming general elections. So we have started talking to different countries to hold the tournament,” he said.
Asked if South Africa is a likely venue, he said, “South Africa is a favoured venue to host the matches but we will have to decide.”
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that the government would not be able to provide adequate security for the IPL – likely to be held between April 9 and June 3 – as its dates clash with the general elections.
Biswal said in any case the IPL will have to get all government clearances before holding the tournament in another country.
“There is not going to be any IPL without government clearance. We will get all the clearances before the tournament,” he said. (PTI)