IPL 2020 Will Be Truncated If Held, BCCI Will Reassess Situations Every Week: Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly said that the IPL committee will keep on reassessing the health situation in the nation every week and accordingly take a call on how best can the tournament be conducted.

Mumbai: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly arrives at BCCI Headquarters in Mumbai, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

New Delhi: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly while addressing media personnel after the conclusion of the IPL governing council meeting at Mumbai said that the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League will be a truncated one amid the coronavirus scare. Ganguly added that the IPL committee will keep on reassessing the health situation in the nation every week and accordingly take a call on how best can the tournament be conducted. When asked about when could the tournament get underway, the BCCI President responded by stating that no dates had been finalized and the board will take a call by closely monitoring the health situation. Ganguly told media reporters that though the BCCI championed the cause of IPL to be held , the safety of the public was of paramount importance to the apex cricket board amid the coronavirus outbreak. The BCCI President added that the Board For Cricket Control in India (BCCI) had suspended all major domestic tournaments coming up in the cricket calendar till further notice and even called off the India South Africa series  amid the coronavirus scare. All matches of Women's Under 19 T20 Challenger Trophy, Women's Under 23 knockout, Women’s Under 23 One-Day Challenger have been put on hold till further notice. The BCCI had earlier postponed the start of the Indian Premier League to April 15 owing to the health hazards posed by the novel virus. The coronavirus has had a severe impact on the holding of major international tournaments with most of the international and domestic sports federations cancelling or postponing events as a preventive measure to contain / curb the spread of COVID-19. International sporting bodies like the BWF, FIFA, ATP have suspended major tournaments as a precautionary measure.