England batsman Jos Buttler comments on the stature of India’s star-studded cricketing tournament, the Indian Premier League. Calling it a tournament of massive stature, the Rajasthan Royals wicketkeeper says it will be a ‘big shame’ if IPL is canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19 Virus across the world.

“I don’t know any more than you know about when IPL would be played or people talking about whether it can be pushed back. At the moment, everything is quite indefinite as no one knows how long it will last. So it can’t be decided at the moment when it could or could not happen,” Buttler said.

The England World Cup winner has been an excellent white-ball player after a few seasons of IPL. The star wicketkeeper spoke on the impact of the cancelation of this season’s IPL and how it will affect revenue.

“As for the stature of the tournament, it’s a massive, massive tournament. Revenue that is involved in IPL is massive. It is a very important competition to cricket and it’s a big shame that it’s not going ahead or whether it does have the way to push it in the schedule and allow it,” he said.

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Jos Buttler along with his English national teammates has donated money to help the needy people in such times of crisis. However, the wicket-keeper has expressed how he would prefer to see his donations being used.

“As players we’re all very aware of the other affects this is going to have drip feeding down into the game and without grassroots cricket, we’re nothing, really. That’s the people we’re trying to inspire. That’s the whole point of something like The Hundred: it’s to inspire a new generation and bring new people into the game,” Buttler added.

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Originated in China, the COVID-19 Virus has affected more than 1,349,870 people so far. It is also responsible for killing over 74,820 people globally. The pandemic spread of the virus has affected more than 4,850 people across India taking away more than 136 lives.