We've got government approval for IPL in UAE: Chairman Brijesh Patel

IPL Governing Council chairman Brijesh Patel said that BCCI has received the central government's formal approval to conduct this year's edition of the tournament in the UAE. "Once we had the verbal okay from the government, we had intimated the Emirates Cricket Board. Now we have the papers also," a BCCI official added. IPL 2020 will begin on September 19.