Third edition of T20 Mumbai League faces a hurdle

Triumph Knights (TK) pacer Shashank Singh (right) celebrates his side`s win over Shivaji Park Lions with a support staff member (left) after the 2018 T20 Mumbai League final at Wankhede Stadium. Pic/Atul Kamble

The Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA) third edition of the T20 Mumbai League, which the Association was planning to conduct from May 27, is in doubt.

It is learnt that MCA sought the approval of the BCCI to organise the T20 tournament, but the date doesn't align with what the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators of the BCCI said in an email dated July 5, 2018 which disallows a tournament "during the IPL and/or fifteen (15) days before or after the IPL and/or during 15th September to end February every year."

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The final of the ongoing IPL-17 is scheduled to be held in Chennai on May 26.

The MCA's Apex Council and the T20 League Governing Council had emergent meeting on Monday when they reflected on the timing stipulation.

There is a possibility that the tournament will now be held in the second week of June just like Maharashtra Cricket Association are expected to do. But then, the threat from the rains cannot be ruled out.