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Irfan Pathan. Credit: BCCI

Veteran Indian all-rounder, Irfan Pathan has opened up on the major cricketing activities coming to a stagnant still after the outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic. More than 3.38 billion people worldwide have been asked or ordered to follow confinement measures in the fight against COVID-19.

India’s tally has gone up to 1,024 cases even as the country remains under a 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop the spread of the virus that has infected over seven lakh people globally. The pandemic, which originated in China’s Wuhan, has spread across the globe now, and some of the countries like Italy, Spain and Iran have been badly hit by the virus.

With most sporting activities either suspended or cancelled over fears surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic, many sportspersons have self-isolated themselves.

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Irfan Pathan (Credits: Twitter)

At such a time, when there is no cricketing action, Irfan Pathan has opened up on his views about the situation and whether he feels it right or wrong to conduct events at such times.

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Irfan Pathan Supports Cricketing Lockdown Amid Coronavirus

Pathan said, “It is very important that all governments take proper measures. Sporting activities should obviously be postponed. Nothing is bigger than life. Like the postponement of IPL, everyone should consider the situation every month. Be it ICC or any national board, all organisations need to see the situation in Australia (for the T20 World Cup) every three, four weeks and then take a decision.”

Irfan Pathan Reacts To The Postponement Of Cricketing Events Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
Irfan Pathan (Credits: IPL)

“If something has to be deferred or cancelled, so be it. You cannot do anything because you need to save lives, which should be the most important thing on everybody’s mind at the moment,” Pathan added.

IPL 2020 And T20 World Cup On The Risk Of Being Suspended

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) postponed the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and pushed back its start to April 15 due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Now, the tournament stands a great chance of being cancelled due to the alarming state of the virus in the country.

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IPL Trophy. Photo by: Deepak Malik /SPORTZPICS for BCCI

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to decide the fate of the 2020 T20 World Cup on March 29 amid the growing novel coronavirus concerns. With a lot of major tournaments all around the world being postponed as a precautionary measure, the T20 World Cup might also see a similar course of action taken against it.

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