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Officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) approached Cricket West Indies (CWI) to change the schedule of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to accommodate the second leg of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will be played in the UAE.

After a long meeting between BCCI and CWI, the request has been accepted by the West Indies cricket committee. CPL schedule was already out for its 9th edition as it was due to start on 28 August with the final to be played on September 19.

BCCI wanted to conduct IPL second leg in September but was not able to decide a date due to CPL and India’s tour to England. But they finally came up with a date of September 19 same as the date of the conclusion of CPL. Later, the BCCI conducted a Special General Meeting (SGM) on May 29.

The BCCI and CPL authorities have agreed the new agreement. Initially reluctant to change the date of the CPL, the CWI was forced to relent after Jay Shah, BCCI secretary, spoke to the CWI about accommodating the IPL.

“CWI is doing our best to help facilitate a smooth transition from CPL to IPL, without a conflicting overlap,” Ricky Skerritt, the president of CWI, told Cricbuzz.