IPL 2021: No room available? Franchises sweat over hotel booking in UAE – here’s why

The current COVID-19 situation has also pushed the BCCI on the back foot and they are yet to approve the travel of some of the franchises to the UAE to finalise the hotel deals and plan their logistics.

As the remaining part of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) is set to be played in the UAE from September 19 to October 15, some of the IPL franchises are sweating over the logistics as the Dubai Expo also gets underway from October 1. Some of the franchises are wary of the rising prices of hotel rooms as the second half of the league clashes with the Dubai Expo. In fact, they are also aware that creating a bio-bubble will be all the more difficult as people from across the globe would be arriving in Dubai for the six-month-long event. The current COVID-19 situation has also pushed the BCCI on the back foot and they are yet to approve the travel of some of the franchises to the UAE to finalise the hotel deals and plan their logistics.