Cricket's lucrative Indian Premier League will be organised abroad this year as the government says it can not provide security at the same time as national elections,u00a0senoir BCCIu00a0officials said on Sunday.

"Due to the attitude of the government that it cannot provide security for the tournament, we are forced to take a decision to move the IPL out of India," the country's cricket chief Shashank Manohar told reporters here.