IPL Governing Council and BCCI decide to postpone IPL 2021 Tournament with immediate effect

[Devadwal]

The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in an emergency meeting has unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season with immediate effect. The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff and the other participants involved in organising the IPL. This decision was taken keeping the safety, health and wellbeing of all the stakeholders in mind.

These are difficult times, especially in India and while we have tried to bring in some positivity and cheer, however, it is imperative that the tournament is now suspended and everyone goes back to their families and loved ones in these trying times.

The BCCI will do everything in its powers to arrange for the secure and safe passage of all the participants in IPL 2021.

The BCCI would like to thank all the healthcare workers, state associations, players, support staff, franchises, sponsors, partners and all the service providers who have tried their best to organise IPL 2021 even in these extremely difficult times.


https://www.iplt20.com/news/238268/vivo-ipl-2021-postponed

 

[King_Kohli]

#IPL2021 is suspended and they are looking for a new window.

 

[Devadwal]

Venky Mysore (in Sports Today) confirmed IPL2021 is suspended and they are looking for a new window.

 

[Rana]

RIP International cricket

 

[Rana]

“They are looking for another window....*cough cough World T20*

 

[King_Kohli]

Good for us.
Lets focus on WTC Finals

Waiting.....

 

[shujaatraza]

Waiting for [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] to start a thread calling the current regime of bcci the most incompetent ever and that Ganguly or whoever is in charge should be sacked.

 

[IAJ]

Was only a matter of time.

 

[Devadwal]

Finally sanity prevail .

 

[Devadwal]

Good for us.
Lets focus on WTC Finals

Waiting.....

Yes this is good news of Test cricket fans like me

 

[CleverSir]

It was only a matter of time. They were playing with fire.

 

[Savak]

I can understand why the BCCI wanted to carry on with the tournament till the end given the massive financials involved but being the richest sport body in the world, they should have led by example and put aside these financial considerations aside for humanity, sometimes you have to suck up financial losses as nothing is more valuable than human life.

I am even more dissappointed with the Indian government. The Indian government should have stepped in much earlier and ordered the BCCI to suspend the tournament. I am shocked they allowed this elitist consumerism capitalistic enterprise to continue when the rest of the country was facing a catastrophe.

The foreign players especially the Westerners and gora players, my blood boils to see them prioritize their paycheques and shamelessly use the slogan of justifying playing in the IPL under the pretext of solidarity with India when everyone knows it was principally dictated by the $1-2 million paycheck whereas had the paycheck been $100,000 - $200,000 they would be out of there immediately. Not even the Australian government banning Australians from coming back to Australia was sufficient to deter these mercenaries from leaving the country. It was blatantly disrespectful and oblivious to the suffering of millions around them.

 

[King_Kohli]

IPL suspended for this season: Vice-President BCCI Rajeev Shukla to ANI

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

I think Wasim and Mani should be fired. Poor management on their part.

 

[90MPH]

Once the breach happened no doubt the players must have been very uncomfortable to play - that’s what happened at the PSL.

So a sensible but ultimately the only option that was left.

 

[OMB]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IPL 2021 has been suspended <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IPL2021?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IPL2021</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Covid19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Covid19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1389486440862601217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Rana]

I can understand why the BCCI wanted to carry on with the tournament till the end given the massive financials involved but being the richest sport body in the world, they should have led by example and put aside these financial considerations aside for humanity, sometimes you have to suck up financial losses as nothing is more valuable than human life.

I am even more dissappointed with the Indian government. The Indian government should have stepped in much earlier and ordered the BCCI to suspend the tournament. I am shocked they allowed this elitist consumerism capitalistic enterprise to continue when the rest of the country was facing a catastrophe.

The foreign players especially the Westerners and gora players, my blood boils to see them prioritize their paycheques and shamelessly use the slogan of justifying playing in the IPL under the pretext of solidarity with India when everyone knows it was principally dictated by the $1-2 million paycheck whereas had the paycheck been $100,000 - $200,000 they would be out of there immediately. Not even the Australian government banning Australians from coming back to Australia was sufficient to deter these mercenaries from leaving the country. It was blatantly disrespectful and oblivious to the suffering of millions around them.

Agree with everything in this post, but it should not have been postponed now that it was halfway through....it was better for the sake of International cricket that this tournament should have finished as soon as possible.

 

[Ab Fan]

Commendable effort from BCCI as they suspend the IPL knowing the gravity of the situation.

I posted yesterday that if they don't suspend it in a space of 24 hours, it raises legitimate questions on their professionalism, greed and humanity but this is good to know that they are aware of the gravity of situation and realise that it can really become far more worse scenario than this so better suspend it ASAP.

 

[Proactive_]

It would be in the greater interests of cricket and humanity in general if BCCI itself is indefinitely suspended until it is cleansed of the garbage that are politicians and their sycophants that have infested it to fill their coffers.


Sadly, the only reason it was going on (thanks to the political masters that control the BCCI by proxy) was to divert attention of the masses from the catastrophe that has been unfolding in India in the past month. The BCCI put the lives of hundreds of people in danger and in an ideal world should immediately be deemed outcast from the cricketing world until it's reorganized.

 

[enigmatic_stani]

RIP International cricket

How?

 

[Varun]

Trust the BCCI to sabotage the international calendar further and hold the rest of this tournament in lieu of the WT20 later this year, in the UAE or someplace.

 

[Savak]

Agree with everything in this post, but it should not have been postponed now that it was halfway through....it was better for the sake of International cricket that this tournament should have finished as soon as possible.

Are you mad? It takes one infected person to spread it to 15 others immediately. This is what happened in the PSL and was going to happen in the IPL. At some point the stakeholders had to smell the coffee, you can only fake the slogan solidarity with India under the greed for the $1-2 million paycheque for so long.

 

[Ab Fan]

WT20 is not a highly rated tournament. In the interest of the game, teams should now focus on Test Championship and World Cup 2023 and play more relevant ODIs as that should be the priority apart from Test cricket.

 

[sam_ahm]

I fear for T20 WC and international Calender now.

 

[Devadwal]

Trust the BCCI to sabotage the international calendar further and hold the rest of this tournament in lieu of the WT20 later this year, in the UAE or someplace.

Most likely After WT20 in UAE

 

[Savak]

Commendable effort from BCCI as they suspend the IPL knowing the gravity of the situation.

I posted yesterday that if they don't suspend it in a space of 24 hours, it raises legitimate questions on their professionalism, greed and humanity but this is good to know that they are aware of the gravity of situation and realise that it can really become far more worse scenario than this so better suspend it ASAP.

What commendable effort, they should have done this immediately two weeks ago. This was a decision that was not made by them, I am pretty certain that the Indian govt, franchise owners, foreign players and other stakeholders told them to stop the nonsense.

 

[Rana]

Trust the BCCI to sabotage the international calendar further and hold the rest of this tournament in lieu of the WT20 later this year, in the UAE or someplace.

[MENTION=54187]enigmatic_stani[/MENTION] this is how

The money that has been invested in this circus needs to return with profits at all costs for the greedy people that have stakes in the IPL.

Also the next IPL is scheduled to start in March 2022 with 10 teams, that’s around 10 months away

 

[Saj]

The right decision.

I wonder when they are thinking of playing the rest of the matches. Surely can't be soon.

 

[Devadwal]

What commendable effort, they should have done this immediately two weeks ago. This was a decision that was not made by them, I am pretty certain that the Indian govt, franchise owners, foreign players and other stakeholders told them to stop the nonsense.

Once the bubble breaches its impossible to continue the Tournament .if there were no bubble breached then IPL will not suspended

 

[Rana]

Are you mad? It takes one infected person to spread it to 15 others immediately. This is what happened in the PSL and was going to happen in the IPL. At some point the stakeholders had to smell the coffee, you can only fake the slogan solidarity with India under the greed for the $1-2 million paycheque for so long.

Call me mad or call me someone that has become mentally hardened with the current situation the world has been in for the past 15 months.

You will see how this God forsaken tournament will destroy the soul and spirit of us Pakistan cricket fans.

 

[Rana]

So from now and until next May, BCCI needs to schedule 1 and a half IPL fixtures.

RIP international cricket.

 

[Devadwal]

The right decision.

I wonder when they are thinking of playing the rest of the matches. Surely can't be soon.

After WT20 IN UAE where this year WT20 most likely to Play

 

[PakFan2010]

People criticised the PSL for a breach occurring. The richest event in cricket could not manage a secure bubble.

Not as easy as people think!

 

[Savak]

People criticised the PSL for a breach occurring. The richest event in cricket could not manage a secure bubble.

Not as easy as people think!

It just takes one breach or mistake to screw everything. To be fair to the players and officials, it is mentally very hard and impossible to be locked up in a prison for 4-8 weeks. It can even be just a 20-30 minute mistake or oversight which can lead to the virus spreading.

 

[Devadwal]

Rumour going around is that IPL only suspended for a week thats is completely false

 

[Markhor]

Waiting for [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] to start a thread calling the current regime of bcci the most incompetent ever and that Ganguly or whoever is in charge should be sacked.

He and his followers deserve this humiliation.

 

[Devadwal]

BCCI vice-president (in ANI) said "IPL 2021 has been suspended, we will see whether we can reschedule it, it is not cancelled".

 

[90MPH]

BCCI vice-president (in ANI) said "IPL 2021 has been suspended, we will see whether we can reschedule it, it is not cancelled".

What on earth does that mean ? So the players have to be locked up for 2 weeks so it can start again ?

It’s the end of the event until another time window is feasible - maybe the end of the year in place of World Cup 20/20 which seems unlikely to happen as well.

 

[Rajdeep]

Tournament was going fine in Mumbai and Chennai (well apart from awful pitches) and should have never moved to Delhi which is a hotspot. Not sure whose brilliant idea was that?

 

[Devadwal]

Official Announcement:

The IPL Governing Council and BCCI in India in an emergency meeting have unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 indefinitely, with immediate effect.
The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff and the other participants involved in organising the IPL. This decision was taken keeping the safety, health and well-being of all the stakeholders in mind.

 

[Savak]

Official Announcement:

The IPL Governing Council and BCCI in India in an emergency meeting have unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 indefinitely, with immediate effect.
The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff and the other participants involved in organising the IPL. This decision was taken keeping the safety, health and well-being of all the stakeholders in mind.

A decision 2 weeks too late and a decision dictated to them by the stakeholders

 

[Hasan123]

The right decision. The tournament should have been held in the UAE if the BCCI really wanted to conduct the IPL. Was always gonna be difficult during the current crisis to host the IPL in India.

 

[Devadwal]

What on earth does that mean ? So the players have to be locked up for 2 weeks so it can start again ?

It’s the end of the event until another time window is feasible - maybe the end of the year in place of World Cup 20/20 which seems unlikely to happen as well.

No this means like PSL remaining game will be play but not sure about dates

 

[TheNightWatchman]

lol what's with the [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] hate brigade. The guy was against the IPL continuing as far as I know. And barring 2-3 most Indian IPL supporters on here pretty much most had agreed the tournament shouldn't continue once positive cases start coming in

 

[MesonK]

few Indians here were justifying the circus league to go on. Same will now call it a wise decision. LOL

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

This is not a 'right decision' this was a 'forced decision'.

It is unethical and criminal to suck up a bunch of medical personnel and resources in a time when People are dying everywhere.

They didn't suspend it for the goodness in their hearts, they suspended it because they couldn't run it anymore.

A very important difference especially considering lives could have been saved.

I've never seen or heard of such corrupt and evil behavior from a sports entity in a time of crisis.

 

[Devadwal]

Hope BCCI / Franchise arrange for players to return safely.

 

[Junaids]

Let us be fair with this.

It's rather late, but I congratulate the BCCI and IPL on making the right decision.

I hold India to higher standards than countries like Pakistan, and I am very pleased to see them make the right choice.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Should have been played in UAE from the start. A shame really

 

[cricket4all]

This was inevitable. I hope the PCB see sense as well and don't restart the PSL in the current wave.

 

[Rajdeep]

My only concern is, IPL will again be scheduled in Oct/Nov in Dubai mostly and will take slot in international calendar. Hope ICC T20 WC is not at stake this year too. Asia cup already cancelled twice...now cant take T20 WC to face the same fate.

 

[street cricketer]

No need for another season.

Just award the trophy for this season to the team with the highest NRR.

 

[Hasan123]

Don't see much space in the calendar to play the remaining part of the tournament. The best thing would be to null and void this season and restart in 2022. BCCI should also not be so stubborn to host in India if covid19 cases are still high close to the start date of the 2022 edition. They should make contingencies plans to host in the UAE.

 

[Savak]

Let us be fair with this.

It's rather late, but I congratulate the BCCI and IPL on making the right decision.

I hold India to higher standards than countries like Pakistan, and I am very pleased to see them make the right choice.

Lol at congratulating the BCCI on making the right decision, you do realize that not only was this decision 2 weeks late but also a decision dictated to the BCCI by the stakeholders and not one that the BCCI made unilaterally on its own

 

[Junaids]

Waiting for [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] to start a thread calling the current regime of bcci the most incompetent ever and that Ganguly or whoever is in charge should be sacked.

Give [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] a break.

I often disagree with him, and find him rather pessimistic, but he is a decent and honourable man.

There is nothing wrong with setting high standards of behaviour.

 

[ahmedzee]

Absolutely correct decision. How can you hold a tournament when record amount of people are dying in the same country. The rich have escaped to Uk, Maldives, Dubai, etc. Poor ones are the ones that are suffering.

This time, it is nationalism to be blamed 100%.

 

[Junaids]

Lol at congratulating the BCCI on making the right decision, you do realize that not only was this decision 2 weeks late but also a decision dictated to the BCCI by the stakeholders and not one that the BCCI made unilaterally on its own

Yes, I know.

But I am a great believer that a correct decision reached too late should still be applauded. India is such an important developing nation, and they should be encouraged wherever possible.

 

[Pakhs]

lol what's with the [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] hate brigade. The guy was against the IPL continuing as far as I know. And barring 2-3 most Indian IPL supporters on here pretty much most had agreed the tournament shouldn't continue once positive cases start coming in

I think its not about if anyone was against it or not. I for one wanted it to continue as long as its safe to do so. But we have seen that the coronavirus is not easy to contain and mamoon gave a lot of stick to Pakistan establishment it is yet to be seen if he will give the same stick to his Indian counter parts.

 

[Markhor]

lol what's with the [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] hate brigade. The guy was against the IPL continuing as far as I know. And barring 2-3 most Indian IPL supporters on here pretty much most had agreed the tournament shouldn't continue once positive cases start coming in

It's because of laughable statements like the one below.

They are extremely strict about sustaining the bubble and ensuring that they players stay safe. They are also aggressively testing each member of the bubble twice a day.

In fact, BCCI should be lauded for their competence - they way they have managed to keep the players safe so far in spite of the crisis India finds itself in is miraculous.

However, as far as BCCI executives are concerned, they have proved their competence and have showed that they are capable of hosting a tournament smoothly even in the worst of times.

This should give ICC a lot of confidence that India is the right place to host the WT20 in the pandemic because BCCI knows what it is doing.

If only Mani and Wasim were half as competent as BCCI executives, PSL would have been completed in March without any hiccups and drama.

I've no sympathy for the way PCB mismanaged the PSL, but the double standards from so-called Pakistanis is so obvious I don't know why it needs pointing out.

 

[in_cutter]

It's because of laughable statements like the one below.

He will somehow drag Pakistan & PSL in all this

 

[Rajdeep]

No need for another season.

Just award the trophy for this season to the team with the highest NRR.

They cant since its all about Money $$$

Not many cares who wins the IPL trophy, its secondary. The main thing is to play all the matches to generate TV revenues, advertisement money and broadcast committments.

 

[in_cutter]

Better late than never

Quite shameless from BCCI that it took them this long knowing the grim reality outside the tournament.

Then you have the arrogant bakhts that were bashing Pakistan’s handling of PSL after it was suspended. Careful, don’t laugh or mock others misfortune.

Hopefully IPL will be rescheduled after the T20 WC & not replace it.

 

[Babar_Azam_fan]

I don't know when they'll play this season. This is the schedule

June 01 - June 14, Two week quarantine in uk

June 18 - June 23, WTC

July, Few Practice matches in England before test series

Aug 4th - Sep 15, Test series

Sep 15 - Oct 1, Two week quarantine in India/ UAE

Oct - Nov, T20I WC



The best they can do is conduct it after T20I WC, or in Oct if WC gets cancelled

 

[zacattakk]

This is not a 'right decision' this was a 'forced decision'.

It is unethical and criminal to suck up a bunch of medical personnel and resources in a time when People are dying everywhere.

They didn't suspend it for the goodness in their hearts, they suspended it because they couldn't run it anymore.

A very important difference especially considering lives could have been saved.

I've never seen or heard of such corrupt and evil behavior from a sports entity in a time of crisis.

Exactly. This is the key distinction. They will try to spin it now as best as they can, but this is the reality.

 

[street cricketer]

They cant since its all about Money $$$

Not many cares who wins the IPL trophy, its secondary. The main thing is to play all the matches to generate TV revenues, advertisement money and broadcast committments.

I just wanted an extra trophy for CSK tbh for all the hard work our senior men had put in for the season despite their advanced age.

 

[Hasan123]

They cant since its all about Money $$$

Not many cares who wins the IPL trophy, its secondary. The main thing is to play all the matches to generate TV revenues, advertisement money and broadcast committments.

There is no space on the calendar. It should be null and void for the season. BCCI should plan for next years tournament. They should not be so stubborn to host it India if cases are high close to the start date of 2022 IPL.

 

[DHONI183]

Didn´t think that this will happen, but it seems to have been forced upon them, obviously. The problem is that the moment even one player or staff member gets infected, you never know how long the chain is. Therefore, even a single positive case can put the whole tournament in danger.

Sad, really sad. Anyway, prayers go out to the people in India. The recent weeks have been horrible for the country, given the Covid situation there.

 

[silentkiller187]

whos getting sacked first then, Ganguly, sharukh khan? ....

 

[zacattakk]

To be fair to the players and officials, it is mentally very hard and impossible to be locked up in a prison for 4-8 weeks.

Not saying it would be easy, but I would figure out a way to manage for $1 million

 

[Geil]

The IPL getting SUSPENDED now really shows and expresses how incompetent the current Indian Government and BCCI has been.

India has had state elections in four states/province right during when the cases were and are currently peaking and also having IPL at a time where people are dying not because Covid is deadly but because of lack of medical supplies and treatment at the right time.

I am not sure if any current IPL player has voice their views but I am disappointed why didn't any current or former player came forward and questioned why is IPL taking place in India when all and every little possible help is needed to save Lives of common people but then again I shouldn't be surprised give the control of current Indian government over media,

When you see the majority of top news channel in India you wont get the real picture of what disaster is unfolding in India maybe barring a one or two News channel, only the common people of India knows what kind of problems they are facing which aren't even being acknowledged that we are failing and the situation is getting worse day by day,

At-least IPL got suspended before something similar happened to someone like what is happening the common people of India.

I mean it is so disappointing to see that the media nor any political leader questioning who is responsible for current disaster.

 

[OMB]

Not saying it would be easy, but I would figure out a way to manage for $1 million &#55357;&#56832;

Lots of us going about our daily jobs for lot less than that really. All we do is keep on testing and working

 

[Yasir_ch]

I remember Indians were making fun of PCB when PSL got cancelled.Where are those now.Don't hide now.

 

[Savak]

Where is Cricket Joshilla? What happened to the attitude that money is the cure for everything?

 

[Eye_Done]

I remember Indians were making fun of PCB when PSL got cancelled.Where are those now.Don't hide now.

They are in quarantine right now haha. They were boasting about IPL being a rich professional league and wont be irresponsible like PSL officials in enforcing the covid bubble. Karna hit them hard

 

[OldWarHorse]

A humbling experience for us. Thought the BCCI was doing an astonishing job up until now, but you cant control nature forever. The odds were just too far against us

 

[Savak]

They are in quarantine right now haha. They were boasting about IPL being a rich professional league and wont be irresponsible like PSL officials in enforcing the covid bubble. Karna hit them hard

Expect comments like the PCB failed when the pandemic was not surging and widespread unlike the BCCI. Well BCCI failed inspite of having 100 times the wealth and the foreign gora players in their pocket

 

[Pakhs]

A humbling experience for us. Thought the BCCI was doing an astonishing job up until now, but you cant control nature forever. The odds were just too far against us

Well some Indians were suggesting they can control nature when it comes to IPL and BCCI. Understand for Indians BCCI is the only rich thing in the country but even USA cant control nature.

 

[Pakhs]

It's because of laughable statements like the one below.



I've no sympathy for the way PCB mismanaged the PSL, but the double standards from so-called Pakistanis is so obvious I don't know why it needs pointing out.

Testing twice a day? Wow that would be torture for the players lol

 

[volcyz]

So sad

No entertainment daily now

 

[Pakhs]

So sad

No entertainment daily now

so you want entertainment when players are catching corona virus?