New Delhi: Former India skipper and Hyderabad Cricket Association president, Mohammad Azharuddin on Sunday provided the state physique’s services to BCCI to host the upcoming IPL matches in case the video games are shifted out of COVID-hit Mumbai.
The BCCI has determined to maintain Indore and Hyderabad as stand by venues for the upcoming IPL starting on April 9 following an enormous surge in COVID-19 circumstances in Mumbai, which is scheduled to host 10 video games. The transfer got here after 10 groundsmen of the Wankhede Stadium and some occasion managers had examined constructive for the lethal virus.
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“In these difficult times there is all the more reasons for us to stand by each other. Hyderabad Cricket Association would like to offer its facilities to @BCCI to ensure that IPL2021 is conducted in safe and secure venues,” Azharuddin wrote on his Twitter deal with.
In these troublesome instances there’s all of the extra causes for us to stand by one another. Hyderabad Cricket Association would really like to supply its services to @BCCI to make sure that IPL2021 is performed in secure and safe venues.
— Mohammed Azharuddin (@azharflicks) April 4, 2021
Mumbai reported 9,108 new circumstances of coronavirus on Saturday and if issues spiral uncontrolled there could possibly be a mini lockdown.
However, a senior BCCI office-bearer on Saturday exuded confidence of internet hosting the video games in Mumbai even when the state of affairs worsens.
“Look, even if there is a lockdown, the teams are in bio-bubble and also it’s a closed-door event. So we are still confident that IPL games in Mumbai will be held as per schedule with Delhi Capitals playing Chennai Super Kings on April 10 on the second day of the tournament,” he had stated.
“But Hyderabad and Indore are there on stand by in case the situation goes out of hand.”
As of now, not one of the groups presently in Mumbai — Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings — have entry to the Wankhede Stadium.
The first match on the Wankhede is scheduled to be held on April 10, with final 12 months’s finalists Delhi Capitals taking up three-time champions Chennai Super Kings.
