Gautam Gambhir Reckons That Everyone Needs To Learn To Co-Exist With The COVID-19 Virus

Former Indian opener, Gautam Gambhir has stressed upon the need of people and cricketers learning to co-exist with the coronavirus. Gautam Gambhir said that players and everyone should now acknowledge the fact that we will now have to learn to live with the virus around us.

The sporting spectrum has also faced a lot due to the outbreak of the pandemic. Major cricketing action all across the globe has come to a standstill. India has also suffered a massive loss due to the rapid spread of the virus, and the entire country has succumbed to a halt. India was in a 21-day national lockdown from March 25, and now the nationwide lockdown has been extended until May 17.

However, Gautam Gambhir believes that people must not beat the bush about the pandemic and learn to live with it.

Gautam Gambhir Reckons That Everyone Needs To Learn To Co-Exist With The COVID 19 Virus

“I don’t think a lot of rules and regulations will be changed, you can probably have an alternative for the usage of saliva — apart from that I don’t think so many changes will happen,” said Gautam Gambhir on Star Sports show Cricket Connected.

“Players and everyone else need to live with this virus; probably they have to get used to it that there is a virus and that it will be around. Players might end up catching it, and you got to live with it,” he added.

“Social distancing and other rules may not be easy for any sport to maintain. You can still manage to do it with cricket, but how will you do it in football, hockey and other sports as well. So, I think you just have to live with it, probably the sooner you accept it, the better it is,” Gautam Gambhir further said.

Major Cricketing Events Come To A Hold After Coronavirus Outbreak

The sporting spectrum has also faced a lot due to the outbreak of the pandemic. Major cricketing action all across the globe has come to a standstill. India has also suffered a massive loss due to the rapid spread of the virus, and the entire country has come to a grinding halt. India was in a 21-day national lockdown from March 25, and now the nation-wide lockdown has been extended until May 17.

Recently, the IPL 2020 was suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak. To the disappointment of the cricket fans, the India-South Africa ODI series has also been called off. Apart from it, the Road Safety World Series has also been suspended.

The ECB had decided to postpone the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka due to the coronavirus pandemic. The series was to be a part of the World Test Championship (WTC). All the English players playing in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) were called back immediately, and the tournament has been postponed.

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