England emerge as IPL favourites

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It was announced on Sunday the competition would be moved away from India this year as security could not be guaranteed because of a clash with the country's general elections.

And IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was thought to be due in London on Monday for talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board about the possibility of fitting the Twenty20 tournament around the county season.

England and South Africa quickly emerged as the favoured options to stage the tournament, but the former is thought to be favoured by IPL officials.

"England is a very attractive venue," Modi told the Daily Telegraph. "It is easy to access from India and there is a large Asian community to tap into."

CSA chief executive Majola is "not optimistic" the tournament will come to South Africa.

He told Talk Radio 702 on Monday: "All that's happened so far is that we've received an invitation, an approach in fact, from the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) to be a possible option for their IPL because they took a decision to move away from India.

"All we know so far is that we're just one of the options. From my gathering so far, nothing has happened since then - they are supposed to come back to us today (Monday), but the day has just started so hopefully they will get back at some point.

"But I must say from my side, I'm not that optimistic. The real reason I say so is the timing. I've worked with the Indians for eight years now.

"A decision has to be taken shortly. So I suspect they would be speaking to maybe their preferred choice and I think South Africa is just a standby to whoever their choice is. So I think a decision has to be made by Tuesday (at the) latest and we should know soon where this is going."