IPL 2020: #BoycottIPL Trends As Fans Slam BCCI For Retaining VIVO As Title Sponsors

The Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Governing Council on Sunday decided to retain all its sponsors, including Chinese mobile company VIVO. The IPL GC met on Sunday to discuss the road map for IPL 2020 and confirmed that the tournament will be played from September 19 to November 10 in UAE.

Chinese sponsorship became a bone of contention after the clashes between the Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh in June. The BCCI had promised to review the deals in the aftermath of the violent showdown. There was nationwide call to boycott China in the wake of the deadly clash in the Galwan valley.

But the BCCI has decided to retain the Chinese sponsorship. Consequently, VIVO will continue to be the title sponsors of the cash-rich league. In December last year, Vivo retained the title sponsorship of the IPL after submitting a bid of Rs 2,199 crore over the next five years. Vivo had won the rights for IPL title sponsorship for the first time in 2016.

“All I can say is that all our sponsors are with us. Hopefully you can read between the lines,” an IPL GC member was quoted as saying by PTI.

Fans miffed with the decision:

As soon as the IPL GC announced the decision of retaining the sponsors, a huge number of fans took to Twitter to slam the board for the same. #BoycottIPL started trending as the users urged others to boycott the tournament for the Chinese connection.

Here are some of the reactions:

It’s time to @imVkohli and other Indian cricketers to boycott IPL in support of our Country and Soldiers. https://t.co/wjpc58754I

— St . Sinner. (@retheeshraj10) August 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/Raghushukla13/status/1290061876957650944

Me retweeting #BoycottIPL from vivo mobile. pic.twitter.com/MQl6erji8H

— Kingroberts♠️? (@Kingrob92843560) August 2, 2020

Please watch Vivo IPL. It will make Jay Shah happy. But please boycott Vivo mobile phones. It will make Amit Shah happy.

— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) August 2, 2020

#Anti_National_IPL
Rest of India is going to boycott Chinese goods , meanwhile @BCCI & @IPL is begging Chinese companies for sponsoring @IPL . the Hunger of business is more important than the martyrs of 20 soldiers .

— S.A.Dar (@S_A_D0997) August 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/KabirBitch/status/1290024762811355136

https://twitter.com/How_Symbolic/status/1289972686240665601

People tweets about #BoycottIPL &

Also the same peeps when any Chinese electronic brand gets launched in India. pic.twitter.com/CTzHCYsj1j

— Mantu Bhattacharya (@MantuBhattacha2) August 3, 2020

When you were waiting for #IPL2020 so badly whole year and now see #BoycottIPL on trend: pic.twitter.com/dCRLe0hWqF

— Singh (@ksingh_CS) August 2, 2020

#BoycottIPL is trending

Le Chinese Company Sponsors be like:- pic.twitter.com/7io316CyuX

— रचित M❤️ (@rachit1m) August 2, 2020

People tweeting #BoycottIPL from their oppo\Vivo phones be like:-#IPL2020 pic.twitter.com/it9H6XS3aq

— Rohit Pathak  (@Being_Rohitp) August 2, 2020

#BoycottIPL is trending

Le Saurav Ganguly to those public be like:- pic.twitter.com/QRHWD7JGyt

— रचित M❤️ (@rachit1m) August 2, 2020

IPL 2020 will have a 53-day window as opposed to the original 57-day schedule. The tournament will start on September 19 and end on November 10. Previous reports suggested that the tournament would end on November 8.

Last month, IPL chairman Brijesh Patel had confirmed that the tournament will be played across all 3 venues in the UAE — Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. On the other hand, the franchises will be allowed to take a call on where they would want to host their training camps.

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