BCCI remain hopeful IPL will go ahead and are reassessing situation every week

If the 13th edition of the competition does go ahead then it will be a "truncated" competition admits president Sourav Gangly

• IPL postponed until April 15
• IPL could be played behind closed doors

The staging of the Indian Premier League will be considered on a week-by-week basis but the 13th edition of the competition faces being hugely adapted, according to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly.

A meeting between the governing body and owners of all eight franchises on Saturday ended without a definitive conclusion over whether the tournament will go ahead.

Coronavirus concerns have seen a raft of cricket events postponed and cancelled, but the IPL has only been pushed back until at least April 15 - from the original start date of March 29. All other domestic matches in India have been postponed, however.

Ganguly remains hopeful that the IPL can still go ahead next month but an ongoing dialogue will continue regarding its future.

"Safety is most important for the players, and at the moment (with) what's going around in the world and India with the government directives this is all we can do," he said. "We have postponed remaining domestic matches.

"We met with the owners, to tell them how it can happen and where do we stand at the moment. At the moment, it is just postponed. We will assess the situation.

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"It will be re-assessed every week. I can't say at the moment (about any deadline). It has to be worked around. As much as we want to host the IPL, we also need to be careful about the security."

If indeed the IPL does go ahead, the form it takes remains to be seen. The window to host the competition is the same - the final is still scheduled for May - so doubleheaders or an adapted format are more than likely.

"If it is [postponed till] April 15, then it in any case 15 days are gone, so it has to be truncated one," Ganguly added. "How truncated, how many games I can't say at the moment.

Aside from the protection of players and officials, the IPL could also be castled if overseas players are barred from travelling to India.

While the Pakistan Super League looks set to reach a conclusion after the format was altered while more than a dozen foreign players have returned home.