Difficult to play T20 World Cup in India this year, says Hussey

Former Australian batsman Michael Hussey has opined that it would be difficult for the BCCI to host the T20 World Cup in India this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published : May 20, 2021 09:14 IST , Sydney 

Former Australia batsman and Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey.
Former Australia batsman and Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey.
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Former Australia batsman and Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey.

Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey has said that it would be difficult to play the T20 World Cup in India this year because of the COVID-19 situation in the country. 

On May 4, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was postponed due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases. After it was postponed, Hussey, who is Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) batting coach ended up testing positive for the virus. However, the Australian recovered and has now finally returned to Australia.

 

"I think it's going to be very difficult in my view to play T20 World Cup in India. We're talking about eight teams in the IPL. I think there is probably a similar number, maybe more teams coming in from overseas for the T20 World Cup, there'd be more venues. As I said earlier, if they're playing in different cities, that is when the risk goes up," Hussey told  Fox Cricket .

"I think they'll have to look some pretty big contingency plans, perhaps looking at the UAE or somewhere like that that could host the World T20. I think there will be a lot of cricket boards around the world that'd be pretty nervous about going back to India for a cricket tournament," he added.

 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has called for a Special General Meeting (SGM) to be conducted virtually on May 29 with an eye on the ICC meeting to be held on June 1.

The BCCI has picked nine venues for the event - Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Dharamsala, and Lucknow.

 

In the last Apex Council meeting, the state associations had been told to keep the preparations on for the event with an eye on the coronavirus pandemic.

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