England will not change its schedule for IPL: ECB Director

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) team director Ashley Giles has said that the board will not tweak its home schedule for any reason.

Glies' statement has come amid the speculations that the Indian team might request the foreign board for changes the dates of the upcoming Test series between Indian and England to adjust the IPL window.

"I'm not aware of anything official, any requests to shift anything. As far as we're concerned and what we're prepared for, the matches will be where they are," Giles is quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.

"I'm not surprised there are all sorts of speculation. Everyone wants to get their cricket in. But we've not received anything official and we're cracking on," he said.

Indian team is set to play five-match Test series against India starting August 4, and it will end on September 14.

"We have a full schedule. If we go from the end of the fifth Test in September, we are set to leave for Bangladesh on September 19 or 20. We have a full schedule right through including Pakistan and wherever the T20 World Cup is," Giles said.

"We are going to have to give some of these guys a break at some point. But the intention of giving guys a break for, say, Bangladesh, wouldn't be for them to go and play cricket elsewhere. We have to manage our schedule now, so we get our guys arriving in the best shape possible for the T20 World Cup and the Ashes."

The fourteenth edition of the Indian Premier League was halted after the outbreak of the COVID pandemic with 7 players and support staff tested positive for the coronavirus.