Postponed Over PM Modi Event: BCCI has postponed the meeting with IPL franchise owners, CEOs, broadcasters and host state cricket associations to be held in Mumbai on October 15.
Postponed Over PM Modi Event: BCCI has postponed the meeting with IPL franchise owners, CEOs, broadcasters and host state cricket associations scheduled to be held in Mumbai on October 15. According to reports, BCCI officials will attend PM Modi’s program on Thursday, in which he will honor Team India for winning the gold medal in cricket in the 2026 Asian Games. For this reason the board decided to postpone the meeting.
BCCI Secretary gave the reason
BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia gave the reason for postponing this meeting in a letter sent to the stakeholders. He said that this program had to be postponed because on the same day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is organizing a function in the honor of Asian Games medal winners. It is expected that other Asian Games medal winners as well as the Indian men’s and women’s teams will also attend the ceremony in New Delhi. Senior BCCI officials are also expected to accompany him. For this reason, a decision has been taken to postpone this meeting.
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New date not announced
The board said that requests were made to various stakeholders to postpone the meeting, so that more and more people could attend it in person. BCCI Secretary said that keeping these requests in mind, the decision to postpone the meeting has been taken. At present new dates have not been announced. According to the board, information about the new date and place will be given at the right time. Saikia further wrote and said, “We regret the inconvenience caused and we appreciate your understanding and cooperation.”
Why was the meeting to be held?
According to the report of Indian Express, BCCI had organized this meeting keeping in mind the preparation for the upcoming season of IPL 2027. The board had said that it proposed to hold a joint meeting with all the major parties as the tournament approached its 20th season. It was to include IPL franchise owners, hosting state cricket associations along with other executive officials.