IPL franchises upbeat in spite of Covid-19 financal hit
Six months later than scheduled, at least they are going to take the field
31 August 2020 - 15:56
New Delhi — The Indian Premier League’s (IPL’s) eight teams are counting the cost of Covid-19’s impact on their finances but having faced the prospect of the tournament being wiped out by the pandemic this year they are taking a “glass half-full” view of the situation.
The IPL’s original March start was scuppered by the first wave of the novel coronavirus and India’s cricket board (BCCI) had to pull out all the stops to rescue the Twenty20 league, which has an estimated $6.8bn brand value...
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