Agencies

The Indian Premier League 2020 could well be on track after it was learnt that Cricket Australia had told its players to plan on playing the IPL after the tour of England in September.

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is keen on the IPL - the richest T20 league in the world. However, the International Cricket Council is yet to take a call on the fate of the T20 World Cup. If the World Cup is called off, a window of opportunity will be created for the IPL

According to sources, Australian players have been asked to plan on playing the IPL wherever it is held. So far, Sri Lanka and UAE have reportedly offered to host the IPL in case India is unable to.

Earlier, claims were made that New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have also showed its interest in hosting the 2020 IPL but the board's spokesperson downplayed the reports calling it "speculations".

"The report is simply speculation. We have not offered to host the IPL nor have we had an approach to do so," NZC spokesperson said on Thursday.