T20 competition will continue, according to one senior official‘Fans are absorbed, otherwise many will step out without masks’The Indian
Premier League will continue as scheduled, a senior Indian
Cricket board official has said, despite fierce criticism of the Twenty20 competition being played in the midst of a surge in Covid cases that has gripped the world’s second most populous nation.
India’s death toll surged past 200,000 on Wednesday and at least 300,000 people a day have tested positive for the virus over the past week. Against the backdrop of a debate over whether the IPL should go on, the Board of Control for Cricket in
India has been accused of being “tone-deaf” for its stance.