Ravi Shastri calls for IPL over T20 World Cup, wants BCCI to improve domestic cricket

ongoing coronavirus crisis has fractured worldwide cricketing activities, throwing future of several tournaments in doubt. much-awaited Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season was also postponed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Furrmore, T20 World Cup in Australia later this year is also clouded with much uncertainty at moment.

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Ravi Shastri urges cricketing boards to back ir domestic structure

In an interview with Times of India, India head coach Ravi Shastri said that when cricket resumes, cricket boards (including BCCI) across world should focus on ir domestic structure instead of contemplating immediate participation in T20 World Cup. He cited example of BCCI losing timely launch of IPL 2020 due to pandemic. Ravi Shastri believes that organising a tournament like IPL (post crisis) would be easier than staging a T20 World Cup.

Indian head coach is of opinion that every cricketing country should first finds it feet through domestic tournaments, which is why it should be given “paramount” importance. He also urged BCCI and or boards to take this opportunity to improve ir domestic structure. Ravi Shastri compared logistics behind organising domestic events (like IPL) and bilateral series with T20 World Cup. He stated that IPL or a bilateral series with a touring party can be played in “one or two cities”. However, he added that same cant be said about hosting 16 international teams for a month-long international event (T20 World Cup).

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Apart from endorsing IPL and or domestic tournaments over T20 World Cup, Ravi Shastri also hoped next st of  India lockdown would grant partial resumption of activities. He said that by gaining access to local stadiums, players can resume training to get back into groove of game. However, he admitted that training camps will happen only if re is permission from Indian government and Sourav Ganguly-led BCCI.

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IPL 2020 was originally intended to begin on March 29. While tournament is already indefinitely postponed by BCCI, Sourav Ganguly recently stated that as of w, re are plans of organising any cricketing activities in country.

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