IPL Can Be Organized Without Spectators Due To Covid-19 Threat

IPL can be organized without spectators due to the Covid-19 threat: IPL 2022. The threat of Covid-19 again looms, IPL can be organized without spectators.

The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) can be held behind closed doors without spectators.

The tournament is scheduled to start on March 26 and currently, the stadiums for the league phase to be held in Mumbai and Pune are allowed to have a 25 percent capacity of spectators.

But, once again due to increasing cases of Covid-19, this permission can be withdrawn in the next seven days.

The first match of IPL will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on 26 March.

But, before this, the central government has warned the Maharashtra government about getting new Covid-19 variants in the state.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said, ‘We have received a letter from the central government to be alert as the cases of Covid-19 have again increased in European countries, South Korea and China.

Under this, our Health Department had issued a letter to the IPL Governing Council asking them to be alert and take necessary steps. We do not want to comment on IPL matches right now.

Preparations have been made to conduct the upcoming season of IPL completely in bio-bubble (a safe environment created to protect against corona).

During this 70 league matches are to be held in Mumbai and Pune. The IPL Governing Council and the Maharashtra government had planned to allow 25 percent of spectators for IPL matches.

Tickets for the tournament had also started pouring in in the last few weeks due to the fall in the number of Covid-19 cases.

However, just a week before the first match of the tournament, the increase in COVID-19 cases could hit a major hurdle in those plans.

According to Tope, ‘The central government has alerted the Maharashtra government about the increasing cases of corona in European countries, South Korea and China.