Chinese company VIVO has removed his name as the title sponsor of this year’s IPL:
After the criticism on social media, Chinese company VIVO has removed his names as the title sponsor of this year’s Indian Premier League. In the year 2018, VIVO had given Rs 2,199 crore for the contract of a five-years-time period.
On Sunday, the Indian cricket Board (BCCI) had declared that all IPL sponsors were being retained, but the Chinese firm VIVO pulled out his sponsorship after backlash on social media because of the war between India and China military forces in Ladakh in June.
On Sunday, an IPL Governing council official told PTI that 2020 IPL will be played in UAE from 19th September to 10th November and all IPL sponsors had been retained for this edition. On conditions of security after the meeting of Sunday, he told “Now I can say only that all our IPL sponsors are with us. And hopefully, you all can read between the lines.”
The 13th edition of IPL will be taken place in the UAE at three venues- Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah- according to approval from the government.
BCCI statement in a press release:
In a press release, BCCI said “The Governing Council of IPL met today through video-conference to take a decision on the issues about the VIVO IPL 2020. It is important to take look on the existing COVID-19 condition in India, the GC of IPL decided to hold the league in UAE and the games will be staged in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah subject to essential clearances from the India Government.”
Furthermore, ”The 2020 IPL will be taken place from September 19 and the final match will be staged on November 10, 2020. The 53-day long league will witness 10-afternoon games, which will begin at 15:30 IST while the evening games will begin at 19:30 IST.”
