On Wednesday, the veteran Indian opener, Shikhar Dhawan, who is spending time at home amid coronavirus lockdown, took to Twitter to share a video of him batting against his son Zoravar in what the Indian cricketer called a “Quarantine Premier League” match.

Captioning the video of the same on Twitter, Shikhar wrote: “Quarantine Premier League ka sabse gripping moment Dhawan vs Dhawan.” The ongoing health crisis has put the sporting world to a standstill. Major sports events are either canceled or postponed to control the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Quarantine Premier League ka sabse gripping moment 😅 Dhawan vs Dhawan 💪🏻😈 pic.twitter.com/fDHVF8nVYC

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) April 22, 2020

Recently, Dhawan had urged people to help animals during the lockdown. He had posted a video on Twitter to talk about the problems that animals are facing at the moment. In the video, he was heard saying, “During this lockdown, a lot of animals/birds who were dependent on us for their daily food are now going to go hungry. A humble request to you to put out food/water bowls outside your homes. From the safety of our homes, save some souls.”

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Sports across the globe took a massive hit by the coronavirus pandemic as most of the events are either suspended or canceled. Indian Premier League (IPL) has also been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 crisis in the country. The 2020 edition of the league was scheduled to start on March 29.

With 1,409 new cases and 41 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, India’s total number of COVID-19 positive cases reached more than 21400 on Thursday, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Apart from cricket, the Tokyo Olympics 2020 was postponed by a year while one of Tennis’ biggest competitions Wimbledon was canceled for the first time since World War II.