Ness Wadia : Right call to hold IPL 2021 in India, unfortunately Covid-19 situation deteriorated

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Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia on Tuesday backed the Indian cricket board’s original decision to host Indian Premier League 2021 at home amid the Covid-19 threat, saying that was the “right call” before the situation deteriorated quickly.


IPL 2021 was on Tuesday suspended indefinitely after multiple Covid-19 cases were reported in its bio-bubble, ending a month-long relatively smooth run for cricket’s most popular T20 event in the middle of a raging pandemic.Wadia welcomed the decision to suspend the league for the time being.


“Best decision has been taken given the circumstances. Lot of people are suffering in India,” Wadia told PTI.


As far as hosting the event was concerned at the first place he said, “Due diligence was done before the IPL but no one is perfect. The right call was taken to hold it in India ahead of the World Cup it is just unfortunate that situation deteriorated so quickly.”


The decision to postpone the league was announced after a Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman and Delhi Capitals spinner joined the list of participants to have tested positive, which already had Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier as confirmed by the league on Monday.


Chennai Super Kings’ bowling coach L Balaji was among the prominent non-playing staff to test positive, the franchise had confirmed.


Wadia added, “If the ground staff wasn’t part of the whole bubble then that needs to be fixed. Also cutting down the venues also need to be considered forward to reduce the risk.”


He said holding the league in UAE, which hosted it last year due to the pandemic back home, would not made any difference.


“I don’t think this has got anything to do in a specific country (India or UAE) would have made a difference. Everyone tried their best sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t.”


Speaking of criticism by foreign players such as Australia’s Adam Zampa and Andrew Tye, who had flown back to their country after withdrawing midway from the league, Wadia pointed out that the situation was very different when the tournament started.


“Hats off to the Indian players who have been playing non stop in bubbles and not complained unlike some of the foreign players.

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