Azhar Says, BCCI knows the reason why Hyderabad is not hosting IPL2021:

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Azhar Says, BCCI knows the reason why Hyderabad is not hosting IPL2021:

Hyderabad: Stung by harsh criticism after Hyderabad was overlooked as a venue for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) edition, Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president Mohammed Azharuddin on Tuesday said it was unfortunate that the city would not be hosting a single IPL match this year.

Speaking at a media conference here, an agitated Azharuddin said: "We tried our best but in the end it was the BCCI and IPL Governing Council decision. I went to Ahmedabad and spoke to secretary Jay Shah. The Board knows best. I can only request and cannot go beyond that. We thank the State government for helping us and also K T Rama Rao sent a very positive tweet."



"They did not give reasons for not allotting the matches to Hyderabad. They said they will do something. Nobody is playing home matches. Cases are going up if something goes wrong in some venues, we have the back up plans."



The former Indian captain came down heavily on former office-bearers such as Shivlal Yadav.

"Why couldn't he bring a single match to Hyderabad during the 2011 World Cup?" Azhar said
Azhar said he had been putting in a lot of effort in improving the HCA administration and the game. "We took over in September 2019, but because of Covid-19 a few months later there were a lot of restrictions and that did not help. We paid taxes which were due and not paid in the past," he said.