As the coronavirus outbreak has brought all sports activities to a halt, players are practising social distancing and self-isolation during the pandemic.
Talking about the uncertain future of T20 World Cup amid coronavirus outbreak across the globe, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) President Kumar Sangakkara has expressed thoughts on how the point of focus right now should be the virus and on nothing else.
As for the tournament, it is currently scheduled to be held later this year in Australia.
"The real thing is what’s going to happen with the virus. Is it going to disappear like SARS and MERS, or is this something that’s going to come back seasonally? Will we have to live with this particular virus or different strains of it from time to time or do we have to live with it long term?" Sangakkara said during the 'Cricket Connected' show on TV.
"If that’s the case, then some of the changes that we have seen in our lives now may be the new normal for us for a few years until a vaccine is found or until there’s enough immunity globally among the people to withstand this. So, those are really questions that I don’t think anyone can answer at the moment."
"We will get more clarity as time goes by. So, I can imagine sitting around a table for the ICC, trying to understand, consulting with experts to understand what’s going on. And more so, the questions that a lot of us have in our minds have still not been answered by the topmost experts in the world," he added.
The former Sri Lanka skipper then went on to add how, "Every day, there are new learnings, new things being found out, so we will have to wait and see, but the options may be to cancel it this year, postpone it to another year, but to have in place anticipatory procedures that take into account health and safety of both the players and the spectators, and make sure that’s ironclad."
As the coronavirus outbreak has brought all sports activities to a halt, players are practising social distancing and self-isolation during the pandemic.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the governments all around are urging people to stay at home.
As per the original FTP, back-to-back T20 World Cups were supposed to be held in 2020 and 2021 – in Australia and India – and give the teams a gap of more than one year to prepare for the 50-over World Cup, which is also to be held in India in 2023. However, due to COVID-19, all plans have been thrown out of the window.
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