BCCI needed fifth Test to be performed as scheduled, finger pointing at IPL unfair: ECB CEO Tom Harrison

The BCCI needed the Manchester Test to go on as scheduled and folks ought to cease pointing fingers on the IPL 2021 after the cancellation of the collection finale, says ECB CEO Tom Harrison. Hopefully we will maintain Manchester Test on another time: ECB CEO Tom Harrison. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSIPL shouldn’t fear individuals, BCCI needed to get Manchester Test on: ECB CEOHopefully we will maintain Manchester Test on another time: ECB CEO Tom HarrisonThe BCCI and ECB agreed to cancel the fifth Test in ManchesterThe England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief government Tom Harrison has firmly denied rumours that the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 might have been one of many explanation why the fifth and last Test between England and India was canceled after the visiting camp was hit by Covid-19 on the eve of the match.

Harrison stated that the ECB shares a robust relationship with the BCCI and the Indian cricket board needed the Manchester Test to go on as scheduled. ECB official additional asserted that this was “not an outbreak” amongst India’s gamers “but a perception of what might happen to post the physio testing positive”.The Manchester Test was known as off hours earlier than the scheduled begin of play on September 10 attributable to Covid-19 fears within the Indian camp after their assistant physio Yogesh Parmar examined optimistic for the virus on Thursday.All India gamers returned detrimental leads to the primary spherical of RT-PCR checks however apprehension about doable infections led to the cancellation of the Test. A BCCI assertion later stated that there was a proposal made to reschedule the match.Harrison additional stated {that a} rescheduled match could be a standalone Test slightly than a continuation of this collection.”Hopefully we can get this Test on some other time, but it won’t be the same as it having the conclusion after four brilliant matches. The BCCI, this India team and their captain want to make their mark in Test cricket. I don’t think the IPL should worry people who feel there is an agenda is at place here,” ECB chief government Tom Harrison was quoted as saying by BBC.”I was on the phone all night. Once those fears creep in they can be very hard to shift. There are no winners in this one.100% of the BCCI wanted to get this game on. There is a strong relationship between the ECB and BCCI. We will definitely come through this, probably even stronger than we went in.””The outcome of this game is not one for today. Thoughts will turn to that soon. It is a decision for the ICC in the context of the World Test Championship. It’s not something that concerns us unduly. We expect the people in place to make those decisions will make them,” Harrison added.Click right here for IndiaAt the moment.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.