New Delhi: The 14th version of the Indian Premier League on Tuesday was postponed because the nation battles the second COVID-19 wave. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has made it clear that safety of every particular person concerned with the league was the precedence.
Speaking to ANI, Shah mentioned that holding a watch on the present COVID-19 scenario, the BCCI and IPL Governing Council determined to postpone the league.
“The BCCI and the IPL GC have unanimously decided to postpone the 2021 season till further notice. We don`t wish to compromise the safety of the players, the people involved, the employees, the groundsmen, the match officials, every single person involved,” he mentioned.
Sunirsers Hyderabad wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha examined optimistic on Tuesday morning after there have been COVID-19 circumstances in two franchises on Monday.
While two of the members of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) contingent examined optimistic, two Kolkata Knight Riders gamers examined optimistic — Varun Chakaravarthy and Sandeep Warrier — forcing the BCCI to postpone the KKR-RCB sport in Ahmedabad.
With Saha testing optimistic, the sport on Tuesday night between SRH and defending champions Mumbai Indians additionally wanted to be postponed. This made issues worse as the sport between RCB and KKR had already been postponed and the sport between CSK and Rajasthan Royals was additionally set to be referred to as off because the Chennai unit was in strict quarantine.
The BCCI had issued a launch on the dual circumstances in KKR and mentioned: “Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were found to be positive in the third round of testing in the last four days. All other team members have tested negative for COVID-19.”
