New Delhi, March 24 -- Icelandic Cricket Association recently revealed that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) once threatened to sue Iceland Cricket over the use of 'IPL' trademark. To avoid the clash and a lawsuit, ÍPL was chosen to represent Íslensk Premier League.

In a post on X, it stated, "There was once a time when the @bcci lawyer's threatened to sue us. We made the mistake of advertising our Icelandic Premier League tournament as the IPL. We decided we could either fight back or give in. We gave in. Íslensk Premier League (ÍPL) it became."

Claiming that ÍPL became the world's most popular T20 franchise tournament in the sub-Arctic, Iceland Cricket said, "Once it became the ÍPL, they never...