On Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India determined to postpone the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League as the bio-secure bubble was breached in two cities after Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Wriddhiman Saha and Delhi Capitals’ Amit Mishra examined optimistic.
Now, former England captain Michael Atherton has stated that whereas lots of people would need the IPL to be held in some unspecified time in the future contemplating the income it brings to world cricket, he can’t see when it may well be rescheduled to. Notably, the Indian cricket crew can also be scheduled to journey to the UK to play the World Test Championship remaining in opposition to New Zealand from June 18-22, adopted by a five-Test collection in opposition to England, which can finish on September 14.
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“I just don’t see where the gap (in the schedule) is. India come to England for five Test matches in the summer — and that ends around mid-September. Then the T20 World Cup, which is supposed to be in India – but who knows, they may have to move that tournament to the UAE — takes place in mid-October,” Atherton advised Sky Sports.
After IPL 2021 was postponed, stories emerged that the BCCI would incur a loss amounting to Rs 2000 crore of the broadcast and sponsorship cash earmarked for this 12 months’s Indian Premier League.
Later on it was reported that the BCCI was mulling to maintain the match simply earlier than the T20 World Cup, nonetheless, Michael Atherton feels that amid a packed worldwide calendar, it might be very tough to stage the match.
“The IPL is obviously worth a lot of money to the global game – I think it brings in a third of the game’s global revenue – so people will be keen to see it staged, but the logistics are very tricky for the tournament now,” Atherton advised Sky Sports.
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Atherton additionally highlighted that IPL not solely entails Indian cricketers but additionally high-profile abroad gamers and with a packed schedule and pre-T20 World Cup preparations it might be tough to get many gamers on board.
“It is a logistical challenge. The IPL not only has a high number of domestic Indian players, but players from all around the world,” he added.
He additionally stated that it might be too arduous on the Indian cricketers to ask them to spend extra time in the bubble since they’d already be spending a protracted interval inside bio-bubbles by then.
“There is maybe a gap there, but all countries will already have their pre-T20 World Cup preparations baked in now — England are due to go to Bangladesh and Pakistan, for example — and you’re also asking India’s players, who have spent long, long periods inside these bubbles, and then asking them to spend more time in one, it seems hard to me,” he stated.
HE additionally welcomed BCCI’s resolution to postpone the match after the bio-secure bubble was breached.
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“It became inevitable once the Covid cases got inside the franchises’ bubbles — three or four franchises had to go into quarantine or isolation — and, once that happened, the tournament became impossible really,” he stated.
“Up until that point, they could make an argument that in a pretty horrendous time for India, the IPL was providing a bit of daily respite for people to watch in the evening. That argument held water, just about, but it didn’t once the bubbles were breached,” stated Atherton.
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