Aussies exit India, England bid to host the rest of IPL

Mike Hussey stays the one Australian from the contingent concerned on this 12 months’s IPL to stay in India after the gamers, coaches, assist workers and broadcasters had been airlifted out to the Maldives in a single day. 

ACA chief government Todd Greenberg confirmed Hussey had been moved out of Delhi, the epicentre of the COVID outbreak and was “in good spirits”.

“The entire Australian contingent is out, except for poor old Huss, who is isolating for a little bit longer back in India. But the rest of them are all out, they landed into the Maldives overnight so very pleased we’ve got them out safely,” Greenberg informed SEN radio this morning.

“(Hussey) has been moved to Chennai. They folks actually taking good care of him are his franchise (Chennai Super Kings) who we have been working with over there, they usually’ve been very good really, as have the BCCI in ensuring that everybody has obtained the best care and assist round them.

“His symptoms were relatively mild, he’s in good spirits, but he’s got to go through the isolation process, and has got to do that in India. In any person’s language that is not going to be easy.”

The Australian airlift got here as bold plans for England to behave as a stand-in host for the postponed Indian Premier League had been initiated by a small group of counties.

The profitable Twenty20 league was suspended on Tuesday as a result of ongoing coronavirus disaster in India and, though the worldwide calendar is already logjammed, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is determined to get its flagship occasion again up and working.

The PA information company understands preliminary contact has been made with the England and Wales Cricket Board suggesting the likes of Lord’s, the Oval, Old Trafford and Edgbaston could possibly be potential venues for the 31 remaining fixtures.QUICK SINGLE

The ECB would wish to undertake the challenge and the governing physique prompt on Thursday that their counterparts had been removed from prepared to have interaction.

A spokesperson informed PA: “We speak to the BCCI regularly about tours and other matters and we’ll continue doing so, but we have received no indication that they are looking for alternative hosts for the IPL at the moment.”

The trajectory of the pandemic represents the most important unknown, although the present course of occasions in England suggests by mid-September – when India’s Test sequence towards England is because of end – followers could possibly be again at sporting occasions in large numbers.

That could show an interesting prospect to organisers, who needed to stage the 2020 version behind closed doorways within the United Arab Emirates and wouldn’t anticipate large ticket gross sales if the venue was used for a second time.

Furthermore, the UAE could possibly be wanted to host the T20 World Cup in October ought to India even be pressured to relinquish that event and over-use of pitches could also be a trigger for concern.QUICK SINGLE