Shoaib Akhtar Supports IPL 2021 Postponement

 


Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has backed the decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to postpone the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He took to Twitter and shared his thoughts regarding this in his latest video on YouTube and further added that he knew the decision (IPL postponement) coming and had also suggested that a couple of weeks ago as well.

Shoaib Akhtar, in his tweet, shared that “nothing is more important than saving human lives” during these crunch times of COVID-19. “IPL cancelled. I saw it coming & suggested that two weeks ago. Nothing more important than saving human lives during current covid crisis in India,” the former Pakistan speedster captioned the video.

However, the 14th edition of IPL was postponed for an indefinite time period last week after many players have tested positive for the deadly COVID-19 virus. As far as the league is concerned, out of the 56 league matches, only 29 games were played before the postponement.

It started with two Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) players Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier and after that, Chennai Super Kings coaches Lakshmipathy Balaji and Mike Hussey, SunRisers Hyderabad’s wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha and Delhi Capitals’ experienced spinner Amit Mishra have also joined the list of infected people. And, that saw the BCCI and IPL Governing Council unanimously decided to call off the league with immediate effect as well.

On the other hand, former England player Nasser Hussain has claimed that BCCI called it right as India has been going through a hard time as they are fighting against the second wave of Covid-19 virus.

“There was no option other than to call off the Indian Premier League. Not after the bio-secure bubbles had been breached in so many places. Enough was enough. This has become far bigger than a game of cricket. The players are neither stupid nor insensitive. They would have been fully aware of what has been going on in India. They would have seen on their TVs people pleading for hospital beds and oxygen. They would have seen unused ambulances waiting outside cricket grounds and wondered whether it was right for them to carry on playing. And they would have been uncomfortable,” he wrote in his column of the Daily Mail.

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