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The IPL this year was a risky proposition, and a breach of the bio-bubble was always possible
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The IPL this year was a risky proposition, and a breach of the bio-bubble was always possible
The Indian Premier League’s suspension effective from Tuesday was an inevitable full stop considering India’s continuing trauma with COVID-19 and the breach of the tournament’s much-vaunted bio-bubble. Until the emergence of the COVID-positive results of Kolkata Knight Riders’ Sandeep Warrier and Varun Chakravarthy; Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Wriddhiman Saha; Delhi Capitals’ Amit Mishra, Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach L. Balaji and a member of the squad’s logistics staff, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was in denial-mode, firmly believing that its bio-bubble protocols cannot be breached. BCCI officials also insisted that the league is not a super-spread
NEW DELHI, May 5: The Englishmen were the first ones out with eight of them landing in London, while the Australians awaited an escape to Maldives as the
IPL-2021 suspended indefinitely
May 4, 2021
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting this afternoon unanimously decided to postpone
IPL 2021, with immediate effect after several players and support staff tested positive for COVID-19.
“The tournament has been suspended indefinitely. We will try to conduct the event in the next available window but this month is unlikely,” League Chairman Brijesh Patel said. The BCCI has suspended the tournament for at least a week.
“…we will take stock if we can find a suitable window later during the year. It could be September but these are all speculations. As of now we are not conducting it any further,” said BCCI Vice-President Rajiv Shukla.
BCCI has postponed VIVO IPL 2021
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The decision was made after many players and a couple of non-playing staff tested positive for Coronavirus.
BCCI has postponed VIVO IPL 2021 with immediate effect after several players and non-playing team members tested positive for Coronavirus.
UPDATE: The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting has unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season with immediate effect.
Indian cricketâs governing body and the Indian Premier League Governing Council decided in an emergency meeting and announced it today (May 4, 2021).
Those who tested positive as per media reports include Sunrisers Hyderabad s wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha, Delhi Capitalsâ spinner Amit Mishra, Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers Sandeep Warrier and Varun Chakravarthy, and Chennai Super Kings non-playing staff i.e. bowling coach L Balaji and a member of the touring support gro
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This is important, because it could well have been put on ice for the wrong reasons. And that does matter in this extended season of Covidiocy – where the pandemic is by many to be wished away; or everyone 18 and older are lining up to get vaccinated, but there are no vaccines for the under-45. Doing the right thing for the right reason is right.
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IPL 2021 provided many a sliver of silver in billowing dark clouds. But till this rotten state of pitch, country and world passes, there are other things to take one’s mind off our fears, worries and anguish. That, too, is human.