IPL 2022: Covid under control, BCCI mulls multiple venues for IPL 2022 Playoffs, Ahmedabad likely to host final, decision by next week -

IPL 2022: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are planning to have multiple venues for IPL 2022 Playoffs with Covid-19 under control. While the IPL league stage are being conducted in Maharashtra entirely to avoid air travel, the BCCI is open to the idea of having multiple venues for playoffs. If all goes as per plans, IPL 2022 Final will be held in Ahmedabad. Follow IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.

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IPL 2022: Covid under control, BCCI mulls multiple venues for IPL 2022 Playoffs, Ahmedabad likely to host final, decision by next week

“We are yet to finalise the venues but yes, multiple venues is definitely under discussion. The Covid situation is under control and we haven’t had any Covid cases in the bio-bubble or before joining the bubble in India. That’s a positive sign. We will finalise the venues by next week,” a senior BCCI official told InsideSport.IN.

IPL 2022 Playoffs: Where will the final be played?

The final is all set to be played at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 29.
The Qualifier 2 will also be played at the Motera Stadium.
The Eliminator and Qualifier 1 have two contenders with Lucknow and Kolkata both in the fray. But Lucknow is the frontrunner.
May 23-24 will be reserved for Women’s T20 Challenger.
Qualifier 1 is likely to be played on May 24.
Eliminator will be played on May 25.
Qualifier 2 will be played on May 27.

IPL 2022: Covid under control, BCCI mulls multiple venues for IPL 2022 Playoffs, Ahmedabad likely to host final, decision by next week

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IPL 2022: Covid under control, BCCI mulls multiple venues for IPL 2022 Playoffs, Ahmedabad likely to host final, decision by next week

The BCCI released fixtures only for the league matches with playoffs set to be decided. The primary reason for that was to understand the evolving situation of Covid in the country. But now that the league stage is under progress and Covid cases are nominal in the country, the BCCI is happy to go ahead with the rest of the scheduling.

The other factor that prevented BCCI from announcing the playoffs venue was the crowd cap. While Maharashtra has moved to allow 50% crowd, if the final is to be played at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, BCCI expects at least 75% crowd to eliminate too many empty seats at the gigantic stadium. The board is currently in talks with the Gujarat government and a 75% sitting capacity is on the cards.

“There are various factors involved in scheduling, especially in Covid times. Air travel is the first and biggest challenge as we have seen covid cases transpiring from that. Now, it looks likely that air travel will be possible without any bio-bubble breach. But as of today, nothing has been finalised and will take another week or so to take a decision as the situation is still evolving,” the BCCI official said.

IPL 2022: Covid under control, BCCI mulls multiple venues for IPL 2022 Playoffs, Ahmedabad likely to host final, decision by next week

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