Agencies
India’s Maharashtra government’s latest order to impose total lockdown during weekends in wake of rising coronavirus cases in the state has put up a big question mark over the IPL 2021 matches scheduled to be held in Mumbai. However, according to various media reports, BCCI and Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) are confident the original schedule will remain unaffected.
Post a cabinet meeting held Sunday afternoon, the state government decided to impose night curfew from 8 pm IST to 7 am IST and weekend lockdown from 8 pm IST on Friday to 7 am IST on Monday. MCA, though, claims it has been assured by city municipal commissioner that IPL matches will not be impacted due to the latest measures taken to tackle the spread of the deadly virus.
“We have had a call from the city municipal commissioner,” Cricbuzz quoted an MCA office-bearer as saying. “The association has been assured that the lockdown measures will have no impact on the IPL games. The other cricketing activities will, however, have to be immediately stopped.
All cricket activities which are part of bio-secure bubble will be permitted to go-ahead while others outside it will have to be stopped. “Any cricket activity that is part of a bio-secure bubble will be permitted uninterrupted,” the official added.
