IPL 2021 Suspended Due to Covid-19 Outbreak

 Upon being hit hard by the Covid-19, the 14th Edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended for the forseeable future. News sources are reporting that it could be a one week precautionary break. 


The bio bubble burst has led to BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla announcing that the tournament has been postponed as of now. The tournament's cancelation is a precautionary measure to control the covid outbreak, looking at the safety and security of everyone involved in the IPL.

Covid-19 hit the IPL during its inception when players and coaches namely Axar Patel (DC), Devdutt Padikkal (RCB), Kiran More (MI Staff) and others had been tested positive in early April. However, the pandemic hit the tournament hard yet again as KKR squad members including Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive yesterday. These test results led to the match between RCB and KKR; which was scheduled to happen on the 3rd of May, to be postponed. More positive cases, this time coming from the SRH and CSK camp (Wriddhiman Saha and Laxmipathy Balaji) have led to the match between MI and SRH (to be held on 4th May 2021) to be postponed and the tournament in its entirety to be cancelled. 

While this may be disheartening for millions of cricketing fans expecting to be entertained by some fantastic cricketing action, the health and safety of the cricketers and staff alike has to be given primary importance. 

Here's hoping that the aforementioned players recover from the illness and the IPL runs smoothly once it restarts. 



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