With the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) scheduled to be taking place across six venues and the situation around the Covid-19 evolving every minute, getting those involved in the cash-rich league vaccinated is definitely a topic of discussion. And Delhi Capitals (DC) has made a request to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the same. Speaking to ANI, DC CEO Vinod Bisht said they have requested the board and the franchise is confident that the BCCI and the government will consider the plea.
Delhi Capitals’ CEO said, “It (vaccination) has been on top of our mind, especially in a scenario like the one we have this year where the IPL is in caravan model and we have to travel from one city to another. We made a request to the BCCI, I am pretty sure that the BCCI would have also put that request to the government, which I am not aware of, and the government also I am sure has a priority which is set in.”
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He further added, “And they will certainly prioritize not only the players, the associated staff and the broadcasting team and everyone who is in the management to get vaccinated so that we have an event-free IPL.”
Bisht went on to thank the BCCI for managing to scheduled IPL in India despite facing a lot of challenges in terms of logistics and they have also been ensuring the safety of all parties involved in the organization of the league.
Asked if the caravan model is a little unfair as some of the cities have missed out on hosting rights, the DC CEO said: “Actually this is benchmarked to what happened in IPL 13 where everybody was located at one place and everything was within a distance which was manageable from wherever everyone was staying. This also means a franchise doesn’t play at home, so that takes away the other team’s disadvantage and puts everyone on the same pedestal.”
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Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) will be locking horns with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai in the tournament opener on April 9. The final of the cash-rich league will be played on May 30 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
