Hours after the Maharashtra authorities introduced a weekend lockdown to curb the unfold of COVID-19 within the state, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly burdened that IPL 2021 will go on as per schedule. The Wankhede stadium in Mumbai is about to host matches of IPL 2021. However, a latest spike in COVID infections throughout the state, together with to floor workers on the stadium, had put the IPL plans unsure.
“Everything will go on as per schedule,” Ganguly informed ANI.
The authorities on Sunday introduced a strict lockdown for the weekends ranging from Friday 8pm to Monday 7am. Sports complexes too have been requested to shut down until April 30.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is at present in disaster administration after Corona scares which noticed RCB opener Devdutt Padikkal and Delhi Capitals participant–Axar Patel, aside from ten floor workers at Wankhede testing optimistic for the Pandemic. Although it’s understood that Indore and Hyderabad are on standby for internet hosting the opener, Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in all probability will get the sport as deliberate.The Times of India has quoted a senior BCCI official saying ‘its too late to shift the match.’
“It’s too late to move the matches from Mumbai now. The members of the organizing team have been in separate bubble. The players are in strict bubble. BCCI had Hyderabad as a back-up but it’s very difficult to move it in a week,” the official informed the newspaper.
Earlier in an enormous blow to Delhi Capitals, spinner Axar Patel has examined optimistic for Coronavirus. Both Padikkal and Axar are set to miss their groups’ first sport. Earlier Nitish Rana too was stated to be Covid-19 optimistic however KKR later clarified that the cricketer was discovered destructive later. The Indian Premier League begins on April 9 with Capitals enjoying their first sport on the very subsequent day on April 10.
Kolkata Knight Riders participant Nitish Rana has clarified that he has examined destructive for Covid-19. His assertion comes after there have been rumours that he has examined optimistic and was requested bear quarantine. His group got here out with an announcement quickly.”Nitish Rana had checked into the KKR group resort in Mumbai, on March 21, 2021 with a destructive COVID report which was completed on March 19, 2021. As per IPL protocol, he was examined on March 22, throughout his quarantine and the report confirmed that he was optimistic.”
