Coronavirus situation to be assessed every week - Sourav Ganguly
Board of control for cricket in India president, Sourav Ganguly has reiterated that the situation in hand will be reassessed every week. The 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League which was scheduled to begin on 29th of March 2020, has already been deferred till 15th of April owing to the pandemic. The COVID-19(novel coronavirus) pandemic has caused widespread pause of all sporting activities around the globe.
All cricketing activity in the country, including domestic competitions like the Irani trophy have been put on hold. Ganguly stressed on the fact that it will be the safety of the players which will dictate the future course of action.
Ganguly said, “Safety is most important for the players, and at the moment (with) what's going around in the world and India with the government directives this is all we can do. We have postponed remaining domestic matches.”
Despite the restrictions in actions owing to the virus, there is still hope that the tournament will go on depending on how the situation develops. “We met with the owners, to tell them how it can happen and where do we stand at the moment. At the moment, it is just postponed. We will assess the situation," Ganguly said.
"It will be re-assessed every week. I can't say at the moment (about any deadline). It has to be worked around. As much as we want to host the IPL, we also need to be careful about the security," he added.
The schedule for the tournament, however would need reworking and there is a possibility of a shorter tournament, added the BCCI president. "If it (IPL) is (postponed till) April 15, then, in any case 15 days are gone, it has to be a truncated one. How truncated, how many games, I can't say at the moment.”
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