India opener Rohit Sharma feels that the Indian Premier League (IPL) can wait amid this COVID-19 pandemic until the situation gets better as the country is under a 21-day lockdown. In an Instagram chat with Yuzvendra Chahal, Rohit Sharma, who led Mumbai Indians to another victory last season, said that the situation first needs to get better before India could think about hosting the upcoming edition of IPL. The IPL was earlier scheduled to start on March 29 and now has been suspended till April 15, but it could get postponed further or even cancelled for the time being as well.

“Everyone wants to know about the IPL. As cricketers, we all want to play. But we should see the situation. I don’t decide about the IPL, but the we should first think about the country. The situation needs to get better first then we can talk about the IPL. Let life get back to normal first, and for that all of us have to be disciplined,” Rohit Sharma said after Chahal asked him about the IPL.

“I haven’t seen Bombay like this before,” Rohit further told Chahal, standing in his balcony and showing the deserted streets of Mumbai amid the lockdown. “As cricketers, we don’t get time with family. So much of tours and cricket is there. This is a time to spend with them and loads of it.”

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Rohit Sharma was out of the game for quite some times now due to his injury. He was rested for India’s home series against South Africa which got postponed due to the novel coronavirus. India had a poor how in New Zealand where they won the T20 series 5-0 but lost the ODI series by 3-0 and Test series by 2-0 as well.

“I bowled decent but I am missing a winning spell for long,” Yuzvendra Chahal said. “I am getting 2-3 wickets but I want a winning spell, and that is missing. I play games. In the afternoons I spend time with family. I rest and it’s just these things now.”