IPL 2021 can’t happen in India, lots of organisational hazards, says BCCI chief Ganguly
This year’s Indian Premier League was postponed midway last week after several players tested positive for Covid-10 within the bio-bubble. Representational image | Sportzpics / IPL
This year’s suspended Indian Premier League cannot be completed in India while it battles the coronavirus crisis and could struggle to find a slot elsewhere, Board of Control for Cricket in India chief Sourav Ganguly has said.
IPL 2021 was postponed midway last week after several players tested positive for Covid-10 within the bio-bubble.
Ganguly said there was no way for the T20 tournament to resume before India play the final of the World Test Championship against New Zealand in England on June 18.
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Subscriber only Michael Hussey has had a set back in his battle with Covid with further testing coming back positive. The former Australian batsman had appeared to be on the road to recovery when he d tested negative on Friday. The Chennai Super Kings batting coach came down with the virus two days after it was revealed three other staff members of the franchise were positive.
Watch Every Match of The 2021 IPL Live & On-Demand on Kayo. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now >Hussey is understood to have sat next to one of the infected assistants on a bus.
KKR players Narine, Russell arrive safely in Caribbean
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10 May 2021, 12:55 GMT+10
St.John s (Antigua) [West Indies], May 10 (ANI): Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) spinner Sunil Narine and all-rounder Andre Russell have safely arrived in the Caribbean following the postponement of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021.
Narine and Russell along with West Indians who were part of the TV production in the suspended IPL reached the Caribbean, informed Windies cricket on Sunday.
Cricket West Indies CEO Johnny Grave thanked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and IPL teams for arranging their safe travel. Our IPL players, along with the West Indians who were part of the TV production, are now safely back in the Caribbean. We are grateful to the @BCCI and IPL Franchises for arranging their safe travel back to the Caribbean so quickly, Windies Cricket tweeted.
WELLINGTON: New Zealand batsman Tim Seifert will remain in India after testing positive for Covid-19 but skipper Kane Williamson and four others have been moved to the Maldives pending their departure for England, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Saturday.
International cricketers who were part of the Indian Premier League started heading back home on Wednesday after Tuesday’s abrupt suspension of the Twenty20 competition, a direct consequence of a resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in India.
New Zealand players in the squad for a test tour of England, which includes the inaugural World Test Championship final against India from June 18 to 22, are scheduled to go straight to Britain after the conclusion of the IPL.