The Indian Board had informally made a request to shift the five-match Test series between India and England, starting August 4, by a week in order to accommodate the remaining 31 IPL games but it has not met with any favourable response from England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). I think it's a massive missed opportunity," Butcher said during the latest Wisden Cricket Weekly Podcast. READ: England won't change plans to accommodate IPL 2021 restart, says Ashley Giles"...the ECB is absolutely desperate to make this (Hundred) work. Obviously, the BCCI will lose a lot of money if they don't get the IPL in the window," Butcher said. "You also have the extraordinary spectacle of the IPL being finished at the behest or because of English cricket.

Source: The Hindu May 27, 2021 15:00 UTC