Former England captain Michael Vaughan has shared his views after the news came that BCCI has postponed the IPL 2021 on Tuesday after four players have been tested positive for Covid-19 in the bio-bubble. Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier have been tested positive which saw the 30th league match between KKR and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was postponed on Monday.
Later, Wriddhiman Saha and Amit Mishra have also returned positive on Tuesday, prior to the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians (MI) in New Delhi. Seeing this, BCCI decided to postpone the 14th edition of the IPL to ensure the safety of the players and staff as well.
Amid this situation, Michael Vaughan has called BCCI’s decision ‘sensible’, also shared his concern for the overseas players who have been in India due to a ban on flights from India as well. While Australia banned all direct flights from India till May 15, UK kept India on its ‘red list’ as well. Steve Smith, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Chris Woakes and Jos Buttler are among the overseas players who have featured in IPL 2021 are still in the country.
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“Seems a very sensible decision to postpone the IPL .. Now cases have started to appear inside the bubble they had no other option .. Hope everyone stays safe in India and all the overseas players can find a way back to there families,” Vaughan tweeted.
Seems a very sensible decision to postpone the IPL .. Now cases have started to appear inside the bubble they had no other option .. Hope everyone stays safe in India and all the overseas players can find a way back to there families .. #IPL2021
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 4, 2021
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Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin has also backed the decision of BCCI. “In view of the COVID crisis in India and with players testing positive, the postponement of IPL with immediate effect is the correct course of action taken by @BCCI and the IPL governing council. Hope to see IPL back soon in better & safe environment,” he tweeted.
In view of the COVID crisis in India and with players testing positive, the postponement of IPL with immediate effect is the correct course of action taken by @BCCI and the IPL governing council.
Hope to see IPL back soon in better & safe environment.#IPL2021 #IndiaFightsCOVID19— Mohammed Azharuddin (@azharflicks) May 4, 2021
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has also tweeted.
India – it’s heartbreaking to see a country I love so much suffering! 😢
You WILL get through this!
You WILL be stronger coming out of this!
Your kindness & generosity NEVER goes unnoticed even during this crisis! 🙏🏽#IncredibleIndia ❤️— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) May 4, 2021
