Virat Kohli, Aaron Finch
Virat Kohli, Aaron Finch. (Credits: Twitter)

The forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 might be played behind closed doors due to the widespread coronavirus. The outbreak of COVID-19 has already seen at least 60 tested positive with the disease in the sub-continent.

The IPL 2020 is slated to get underway from March 29 but there are high chances that the tournament gets postponed due to coronavirus scare. The Maharashtra and Karnataka government are also in discussion to re-schedule the tournament.

Moreover, the foreign players will not be available in the tournament till April 15 due to visa restriction.

Weird to play in empty stadiums: Aaron Finch

Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch (Credits: Twitter)

Aaron Finch, who is set to ply his trade for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL 2020, has admitted that it would be weird to play in an empty stadium. He feels so because most players are accustomed to play these tournaments in a jam-packed stadium.

“It would be weird to play in an empty stadium, no doubt,” Australia limited-overs captain Finch was quoted as saying by espncricinfo. 

“You get so accustomed to the atmosphere of the fans who ride the momentum, especially at home with the Australian fans who support us so well. If it comes to that we’ll wait and see, I saw the NBA being suspended for the near future. It’s interesting to see, not ideal obviously. A lot of people effected which is unfortunate.”

Difficult when it’s a pandemic now: Aaron Finch

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Aaron Finch. Credit: AFP

The novel coronavirus has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Amid all this, it will be difficult to get a tournament going with ease.

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Finch believes in this tough phase, there will be restrictions for fans, teams and players.

“The franchises have been great in updating players pretty much daily on how that looks and will affect anything going forward. We are just concentrating on tomorrow, I know it’s difficult when it’s a pandemic now. It’s going to be tough, no doubt they’ll be some restrictions in place for teams, in place for teams, fans and grounds,” the right-handed batsman said.