The Indian Premier League (IPL) was suspended last month as the second wave took over the country leaving sports fans more than a little disappointed. However, at a Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) last week, it was decided that the remaining season would be played in the United Arab Emirates, reports The Indian Express.
NDTV reports that the matches will be played in September and October in UAE considering the monsoon season in India during those months.
The remainder of the IPL 2021 season is to be held in the UAE in September-October. pic.twitter.com/MOyfKSEUT9
— ICC (@ICC) May 29, 2021
Needless to say, the announcement was greeted with joy and a flood of memes on Twitter. Here are some of the best ones:
IPL fans waiting for the second half of the season pic.twitter.com/hNZNXoU0d1
— Raja 🙂 (@rajabetsint) May 29, 2021
#IPL2021
Me AfteR Ipl restart On the way to see ipl pic.twitter.com/gsBR38ZD5i— 🆂🅷🅸🆅🅰🅼 ⍟ (@Memer_Hu__bhai) May 29, 2021
IPL shifted to UAE
RCB fans rn pic.twitter.com/ch0F9eRvkF
— All India Memes (@allindiamemes) May 29, 2021
#IPL2021 IPL
RCB after hearing IPL back in UAE pic.twitter.com/Wd9scmMKjU
— Author (@how_humans) May 29, 2021
IPL matches to be conducted in UAE
Le RCB fans: pic.twitter.com/dcYn9nIMZK— Jalebi ✨ (@Kohl_eye) May 29, 2021
The remainder of #IPL2021 to be
played in UAE:
Cricket fans: pic.twitter.com/AxSEbMb0lJ— Creative.minds08 (@CMinds08) May 29, 2021
#IPL2021 ReUAEnions 🤩❤
Meanwhile fans : pic.twitter.com/K7nwuic1C7— AishwaryA🖤 (@DivineAish) May 30, 2021
IPL to UAE : pic.twitter.com/a8LYieIT60
— Aditya Mishra (@i_adityamishraa) May 30, 2021
IPL has been moved to UAE for this season
IPL fans: pic.twitter.com/G02Lyux08B— Harmanpreet Kaur (@im_harmanpreet) May 29, 2021
BCCI Moves iPL 2021 To UAE#IPL2021: pic.twitter.com/AjRGtG1iFY
— Robin Chawla (@TheRobinChawla) May 29, 2021
#IPL2021
UAE to IPL pic.twitter.com/bBZEvoCOv2— bhargavprdip (@bhargav_prdip) May 29, 2021
Remaining matches of ipl will be held in UAE #IPLinUAE #ipl2021 #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/OfMbDS3hdk
— Subha jeet (@Mera_baap_0) May 29, 2021
IPL shifted to UAE
RCB fans rn : pic.twitter.com/5UucXyxDns
— Avanish 🎭 (@Theavanishsingh) May 29, 2021
IPL to be held in UAE
Fans : pic.twitter.com/V6hEy8sHyz— Shambhavi (@scambhavi) May 29, 2021
#IPL2021
IPL phase-2 likely to be held in UAE in September-October *Me and my bois rn :- pic.twitter.com/zjWOiG2QEE
— Rajeev Hitman 🇮🇳 (@Hmka_join_krlo) May 24, 2021
Which team will you be rooting for as the season continues? Tell us.