IPL 2020: RCB's Kane Richardson claims Australian players anxious to know fate of event

Australian pacer Kane Richardson, who was recently tested for coronavirus, said that he and or Australian players are waiting to hear from Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) about next step. 'IPL postponed' news made rounds a couple of days ago due to coronavirus outbreak with 17 Australians players due to feature in IPL 2020. Speaking to Cricket Australia's ' Unplayable Podcast', Kane Richardson t only spoke about IPL 2020 future but also opened up about quarantine experience he had to undergo after complaining of a sore throat before first ODI of Chappell-Hadlee series, which was later cancelled.

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RCB pacer Kane Richardson on IPL 2020

While speaking on podcast, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer said that a lot of people are speculating hat IPL 2020 is going to get cancelled, but again, it can change in a day or a week, so he is just sitting by phone and getting ready to play. He furr added that Australian players were all sitting around chatting about it since virus spread out of where.

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Speaking about players' mindset, Kane Richardson said that a number of players were going to be away from w till end of IPL. "So to w be sitting at home with absolutely idea when next game of cricket is going to be for any of us, just shows how quickly Coronavirus has grown", Richardson was quoted as saying. He also added that it is hard to believe that Australian players are sitting at home with everything being cancelled but when watching what's going on in world, he feels that it's definitely right call.

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RCB pacer Kane Richardson's wait for IPL 2020 season gets longer 

Kane Richardson is expected to take field for RCB in upcoming IPL 2020 season. During recently concluded IPL 2020 auction, pacer was acquired by franchise for ₹4 crore. However, right-arm bowler will have to wait a while to don his RCB jersey due to postponement of impending IPL season. Amidst threat of highly-contagious coronavirus, IPL Governing Council recently postponed tournament's launch date to April 15 instead of its initial date of March 29.

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IPL postponed: Australian players and ir contracts 

IPL postponed news has put Australian cricketers contract at risk since y could end up giving up ir IPL 2020 contracts if y are stopped from taking part in competition. Pat Cummins became most expensive player at IPL 2020 auction after being brought by Kolkata Knight Riders for ₹15.50 crore. Glenn Maxwell was picked by Kings XI Punjab for a whopping ₹10.75 crore at IPL 2020 auction.