New Delhi: The Cricket Association of Bengal&nbsp;on Wednesday expressed readiness to host the coveted final of Indian&nbsp;Premier League in case the BCCI fails to get a stay order from&nbsp;Supreme Court on Bombay High Court's verdict of shifting 13&nbsp;matches in May out of the drought-hit Maharashtra.&nbsp;
CAB secretary Subir Ganguly said that if BCCI feels the&nbsp;match should be allocated to Eden Gardens, they will be happy&nbsp;to host it.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/mar/10Eden-Garden-1.jpg" alt="Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Pic/Getty Images" width="670" height="426" /> Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Pic/Getty Images
"We are not going to go up and say anything but in case&nbsp;BCCI wants Eden to host the final, we are always ready. Who&nbsp;will refuse an IPL final. The CAB has already organised two&nbsp;high-profile World Cup games (India vs Pakistan) and (World&nbsp;Cup final between West Indies and England) successfully,"&nbsp;Ganguly told PTI today.
While Bangalore and Kolkata can be gainers in terms of&nbsp;marquee matches, Kings XI Punjab could get to play their three&nbsp;'home' matches scheduled in Nagpur in their original hometown&nbsp;of Mohali or at the picturesque Dharamsala.
Ranchi and Cuttack are two venues, which have experience&nbsp;of hosting IPL games. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hometown has&nbsp;hosted erstwhile Chennai Super Kings' 'home' matches just like&nbsp;Cuttack has hosted KKR and Hyderabad as their second 'home'.
Raipur, which hosts two Daredevils matches and has a&nbsp;capacity of 50,000 plus could also turn out to be an option.&nbsp;Chennai's Chepauk under the aegis of TNCA could have been&nbsp;one venue but they still have the problem regarding three&nbsp;stands where no tickets can be sold as it does not have the&nbsp;necessary clearance.
While BCCI is expected to appeal in the Supreme Court for&nbsp;a stay order, the top brass is currently bracing up with a&nbsp;contingency plan.&nbsp;
The two safest options for BCCI are Kolkata's Eden&nbsp;Gardens where the final can be held on May 29. While Bangalore&nbsp;is already hosting the first qualifier, Kolkata can also host&nbsp;the Eliminator.
The main factor that can swing it in Eden's favour is the&nbsp;capacity of 67,000 people compared to 25,000 at the&nbsp;Chinnaswamy. From the franchise's end, Delhi Daredevils CEO&nbsp;Hemant Dua said that they are awaiting instructions from the&nbsp;BCCI. Daredevils will have three of their matches shifted in&nbsp;case BCCI does not get a stay order.
"At this point we don't have any information about what&nbsp;are the possible venues. We are awaiting instructions from&nbsp;BCCI," said Dua.&nbsp;
Matches set to be shifted
Matches in Pune: Pune vs Mumbai (May 1); Pune vs Hyd (May&nbsp;10); Pune vs DD (May 17); Pune vs KXIP (May 21);
Eliminator:&nbsp;(May 25); Qualifier (May 27)
Matches in Mumbai: Mumbai vs Hyderabad (May 8); Mumbai vs&nbsp;KXIP (May 13); Mumbai vs DD (May 15); Final (May 29)
Matches in Nagpur: KXIP vs DD (May 7); KXIP vs RCB (May&nbsp;9); KXIP vs Sunrisers (May 15).

Cricket Association of Bengal expresses readiness to host IPL 9 final in case the BCCI fails to get a stay order from&nbsp;Supreme Court on Bombay High Court's verdict of shifting 13&nbsp;matches in May out of the drought-hit Maharashtra

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