Former India international Ashish Nehra is hopful that the chances of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League happening in October are ‘100 percent’ if the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic is brought under control. The Star-studded IPL was expected to begin on March 29. However, the tournament was forced back and was rescheduled to commence from April 15 due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Many major sporting events have either been postponed or canceled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic affecting the globe. Cricket has also suffered a similar fate with all international and domestic matches being canceled. The Indian government has also implemented a 3-week lockdown for safety and to contain the spread of the virus. The pandemic spread of the Corona Virus has also left uncertainty on the future of this season’s IPL. The BCCI is rumored to consider several options and is trying it ‘s best to organize the tournament by either scheduling it in the second half or cutting it short.
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Ashish Nehra feels the 13th season of IPL will not be held in August because of the monsoon season in India. Nehra believes monsoon will be at its peak in India during the month of August. Many matches will be affected because of rains if the matches are held then.
“Even if the IPL doesn’t happen in August, (because) there are a lot of places in India that witness rains during that month and there are high chances that lots of matches will get canceled,” Nehra said. “If things go back to normal around the world by October, we’ll have a 100 percent clearance,” he added.
It is reported that India’s apex cricketing body, the BCCI might incur a revenue loss of Rs 2,000 crore if the 13th season of IPL season is canned.
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Ashish Nehra also spoke on his dear friend Yuvraj Singh and how the all-rounder from Punjab became a better player under MS Dhoni after Yuvraj Singh commented on how he didn’t get the same support under Dhoni or Virat Kohli compared to Sourav Ganguly.
“Yuvraj has played well under MS Dhoni, as far as I have seen Yuvraj’s career, the way he has batted in 2007 and 2008 onwards it has been impeccable and in 2011 we saw how he braved his sickness and played brilliantly under Dhoni. I feel every player has their own choice of a favorite captain when they play for 16 years and Yuvraj played well under Dhoni according to me,” he said.
