Let BCCI pay Rs 1000 crores as damages for staging IPL 2021 amid Covid crisis: PIL filed in Bombay H
Let BCCI pay Rs 1000 crores as damages for staging IPL 2021 amid Covid crisis: PIL filed in Bombay High Court
Advocate Vandana Shah has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court has sought a direction to the BCCI to pay Rs 1,000 crore as damages and make donations from their profit to hospitals treating COVID-19 patients for holding the IPL 2021 amid the virus crisis in India.
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UPDATED: May 4, 2021 23:00 IST
IPL 2021 witnessed 29 matches before the BCCI decided to postpone the tournament on May 4 (AFP Photo)
RCB fans can t keep calm on Twitter as IPL 2021 suspension ends dream run of Virat Kohli s team
RCB fans can t keep calm on Twitter as IPL 2021 suspension ends dream run of Virat Kohli s team RCB Fans has been one of the top trends on Twitter after news broke of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 getting suspended due to the Covid-19 crisis in India.
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UPDATED: May 4, 2021 17:21 IST
RCB were performing like a well-settled unit in IPL 2021 before it got suspended on Tuesday (Courtesy of PTI/BCCI)
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RCB were in the middle of their best-ever IPL campaign before the suspension
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Rajasthan on Sunday recorded 18,298 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the death toll to 4,558, while 11,262 patients were discharged from hospital on that day. In the national capital, fresh cases of COVID-19 are being reported on a daily basis even as the city reels under an acute shortage of oxygen in hospitals. Amid such a crisis, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday wrote a letter to defence minister Rajnath Singh seeking Army’s help to fight against COVID-19 in Delhi.
BCCI Secretary Jay Shah with President Sourav Ganguly.
Didn t wish to compromise on safety of people involved in IPL: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah ANI | Updated: May 04, 2021 13:57 IST
By Baidurjo Bhose
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League has been postponed as the country battles the second COVID-19 wave. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has made it clear that safety of each and every person involved with the league was the priority.
Speaking to ANI, Shah said that keeping an eye on the current COVID-19 situation, the BCCI and IPL Governing Council decided to postpone the league.