Published 19:02 IST, May 8th 2020
Virat Kohli hopes of cricket being played behind closed doors, shares what will be missed
Indian skipper Virat Kohli is hopeful of cricket being played behind closed doors but at the same time, hinted at what will be missed as well
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Indian skipper Virat Kohli has said he is hopeful of game of cricket being played behind closed doors. All global sporting events have eir been postponed or canceled due to global pandemic. India's bilateral home ODI series against South Africa has been rescheduled at a later date while IPL 2020 that was originally scheduled to get underway on March 29 has been suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus fear.
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'Quite a possible solution': Virat Kohli
During an interaction, Indian captain said that it is quite a possible situation of game being played behind closed doors which might happen. However, Kohli also mentioned that he has idea how everyone is going to take that because players are used to playing in front of so many passionate fans. Meanwhile, champion player also added what kind of emotions are difficult to recreate. He said that even though game will be played at great intensity, but that feeling of crowd connecting with players and tension of game where everyone goes through in stadium is something that cant happen in such a scenario.
batting megastar furr added that things will still go on but he doubts that one will feel that magic happening inside because of atmosphere that was created. He concluded by saying that sports will be played way it is supposed to be played, but those magical moments will be difficult to come by.
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Virat was all set to represent Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2020 as RCB aim to win ir maiden title after faltering at final hurdle thrice in 2009, 2011, and, 2016 respectively. At same time, it remains to be seen what will be status of ICC T20 World Cup 2020 which is scheduled to be held in Australia in October-vember.
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19:02 IST, May 8th 2020