Soft power and cold hard cash: UAE not unlikely host of India’s premier cricket league
The Indian Premier League is not being played in its home country this year but several thousand miles away in the United Arab Emirates.
Normally played between March and May, the IPL was postponed to September 19 through November 10 due to the pandemic as India’s COVID-19 cases break the five million ceiling.
Moving the event from India to UAE is not unlikely considering their relative proximity, the close ties between the two countries, and the fact that Indians in the Arab nation make up the largest part of its population.
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