Speaking to ANI, Shah said that keeping an eye on the current Covid-19 situation, the BCCI and the IPL Governing Council (GC) decided to postpone the league.
“The BCCI and the IPL GC have unanimously decided to postpone the 2021 season till further notice. We don’t wish to compromise the safety of the players, the people involved, the employees, the groundsmen, the match officials, every single person involved,” he said.
Sunrisers Hyderabad wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha tested positive on Tuesday morning after there were Covid-19 cases in two franchises on Monday.
While two of the members of the Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) support staff tested positive, two Kolkata Knight Riders players — Varun Chakaravarthy and Sandeep Warrier — tested positive, which forced the BCCI to postpone the KKR-RCB game in Ahmedabad.
With Saha testing positive, the game on Tuesday evening between SRH and defending champions Mumbai Indians also needed to be postponed. This made matters worse as the game between RCB and KKR had already been postponed and the game between CSK and Rajasthan Royals was also set to be called off as the Chennai unit was in strict quarantine.
The BCCI had issued a release on the twin cases in KKR and said: “Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier were found to be positive in the third round of testing in the last four days. All other team members have tested negative for Covid-19.”
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