BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly reckons that the Indian domestic season can only be commenced only when the situation is good enough for the young players to travel within the country. There is huge uncertainty regarding teh fate of India’s domestic tournaments as IPL is expected to take place in October which will lead to curtailed season due to coronavirus.
The 2020-21 domestic season is originally have started with Vijay Hazare in late August followed by Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Last season’s Irani Cup was canceled when the lockdown was announced due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Asked about domestic cricket and junior cricket, Ganguly during a chat with Sports Tak said, “It is necessary, but it will happen only after coronavirus. When it is safe, only then, especially junior cricket.”
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Providing a reason behind the same, Ganguly said India is a large country, and teams needed to travel from one place to another for their matches and hence domestic cricket won’t start till everything is safe.
Clarifying the same, the BCCI President said, “We don’t want to expose young players. Our country is so large and our domestic cricket is so robust that everyone has to travel and play. So till the time it is not safe, it will not happen.”
The same thinking also goes to age-group cricket in India. Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus positive patients in India went past 771000 with almost 21300 people losing their lives on Thursday, as per the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
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Almost the entire is in a lockdown due to the scare of the ever-escalating situation concerning the World Health Organisation-recognized pandemic that is the Coronavirus. Everything- schools, colleges, airports, railway stations, gyms, sporting events, movies, offices- have been put under lockdown as the world continues to self-isolate in order to control the pandemic.
