Wadia welcomed the resolution to droop the league for the time being.
“Best decision has been taken given the circumstances. A lot of people are suffering in India,” Wadia informed PTI.
As far as internet hosting the occasion was involved in the first place, he mentioned, “Due diligence was done before the IPL but no one is perfect. The right call was taken to hold it in India ahead of the World Cup it is just unfortunate that the situation deteriorated so quickly.”
The resolution to postpone the league was introduced after SunRisers Hyderabad batsman Wriddhiman Saha and Delhi Capitals spinner Amit Mishra joined the contaminated gamers’ listing, which already had Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier.
Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach L Balaji was amongst the distinguished non-playing employees to check constructive.
Wadia added, “If the ground staff wasn’t part of the whole bubble then that needs to be fixed. Also cutting down the venues also need to be considered forward to reduce the risk.”
He mentioned holding the league in UAE, which hosted it final yr as a result of the pandemic again house, wouldn’t have made any distinction.
“I don’t think this has got anything to do in a specific country (India or UAE) would have made a difference. Everyone tried their best sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.”
Speaking of criticism by international gamers equivalent to Australia’s Adam Zampa and Andrew Tye, who had flown again to their nation after withdrawing halfway from the league, Wadia identified that the state of affairs was very totally different when the match began.
“Hats off to the Indian players who have been playing non-stop in bubbles and not complained unlike some of the foreign players.
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“With due respect to the international cricketers including Zampa, the situation was very different a month ago. They should study the fact that cases were very less when we started before commenting on it.
“It happened during the Australia Open they shut the city down when it was happening. People didn’t complain then, why now,” Wadia requested.
