Indian Premier League

Uttar Pradesh will not get the chance to host any match of the Indian Premier League this year as there is no name of any state stadium in the calendar issued by the IPL. No franchise has shown any interest in making matches in the Green Park of Kanpur and the newly built Ikana stadium of Lucknow.

In the last two years in the Green Park, the Gujarat Lions team played two two matches. But according to officials of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla had shown personal interest in organizing the match in his hometown and for this reason Kanpur got the match.

But due to lack of good hotels and airport facilities in Kanpur, this time the IPL franchise was the biggest reason for the owners' ruthlessness. UPCA CEO Lalit Khanna told that Kanpur's Green Park stadium was not interested in taking any franchisee IPL Team this time.

Delhi Daredevils were interested in Lucknow's Ikana stadium

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But Delhi Daredevils were interested in the Ikana stadium in Lucknow and their team visited Ikana earlier this month but did not know what happened later when the calendar of the IPL was released, the Lucknow stadium is not even included . UPCA sources said that apart from the Delhi Daredevils, besides the two-year ban, an attempt was made to get the Rajasthan Royals back in Lucknow but the Royals chose their home ground Jaipur.

Sources say that the UPCA is still optimistic about the fact that if the Sawai Mansingh Stadium of Jaipur was not ready at the time, then perhaps one match of Rajasthan Royals could fall in the balance of the Ikana stadium in Lucknow at the last moment. Well its probability is almost non-existent.

Opening Ceremonies will take Hollywood tadka

At the inaugural ceremony of the IPL this year, from Bollywood to Hollywood stars will sparkle and the T20 league chairman Rajeev Shukla said that in this regard, he is also talking to the artists of many other countries including America. The 11th season of the IPL will be played from April 7 to May 27 this year, while its opening ceremony will be held in Mumbai on April 6, which is being tried to make it grand and memorable. In an interview, Shukla said, "The inaugural ceremony will be broad and grand. Last time the ceremony was performed at every place, but this time only one place will be in Mumbai, but it will be of great level. In this, international level artists will participate. Talking to top artists of some other countries, including our America.

Broadcasting will also be in countries such as Australia and New Zealand

Shukla said that after this the IPL will be broadcast in countries such as Australia and New Zealand and it will also be broadcast in four regional languages ​​besides English. He said, "This time the broadcast will be on 12 channels. In addition to English, it will also be broadcast in four regional languages ​​Hindi, Bengali, Tamil and Telugu. Efforts are being made to reach more and more countries abroad. There is no broadcast in Australia and New Zealand right now, but from this time cricket lovers will also be able to enjoy the IPL. This is the plan to present the previous effort to include the audience in a more sophisticated way to the decision taken by the third umpire.

Plan to build Fan Park in 36 cities

The IPL chairman said, "It will be tried to reach the umpire before the opinion of the viewer in referring to the third umpire on exit." In addition to this, the IPL Operations Council has decided to build Fan Park in the country besides more cities than in the country. Shukla said, "This time we plan to build Fan Park in 36 cities. Apart from this, there is a plan to build Fan Park in overseas also. We have received offers from many places including the US, Dubai, Singapore.