IPL 2021: The 13th edition of league indefinitely suspended, here's how Twitter reacted
The Indian Premier League (IPL) governing body on Tuesday announced the decision to put off the 13th edition of the cricket league due to the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the bio-bubble. The announcement came after SRH's wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha tested COVID positive along with Delhi Capitals' Amit Mishra.
The IPL organisers also put out an official statement saying that the safety of its players and staff is of prime importance.
"The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting has unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect," the statement read.
Twitter was quite quick to react:
We are in a worldwide pandemic - faced with several challenges. It’s sad to see another big tournament being affected - however it’s the right decision taken at this point. It’s important to understand nothing can be water tight & working against a pandemic is challenging itself
— Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11) May 4, 2021
Covid don’t care.
— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) May 4, 2021
It has no favorites.
Get well to those sick and hopefully everyone else will get home safe and in good health.
— Jason Behrendorff (@JDorff5) May 4, 2021
I guess it became inevitable in the last couple of days.....Look forward to calling the action in happier times. The #IPL is a great event and I hope it returns stronger when the world is what we knew it to be
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 4, 2021
The IPL has been organising matches without any crowd every evening since 9th April regardless of India’s stretched health system being pushed to the brink by another major wave of the COVID pandemic.
Top players from around the world compete in the lucrative T20 tournament, which was forced by the pandemic to the United Arab Emirates in 2020.
The Indian cricket body said it would do “everything in its powers to arrange for the secure and safe passage of all the participants in IPL 2021."
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First published: 4 May 2021, 15:41 IST
