Doubt IPL will resume in India, says Mumbai Indians’ Jimmy Neesham
Updated On: 11 May, 2021 08:24 AM IST | Christchurch | PTI
Mumbai Indians’ NZ all-rounder Jimmy Neesham feels suspended tournament could be played abroad; doesn’t believe India can host ICC T20 World Cup
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MI’s Jimmy Neesham during their IPL match against CSK on May 1 in Delhi. Pic/BCCI; IPL
New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham doesn`t think that there is any chance of the remaining 31 matches of Indian Premier League happening in India this year, after the tournament got postponed due to COVID-19 cases inside the bio-bubble. He also has serious doubts whether India would be able to host the 16-team T20 World Cup later this year. India is in the midst of its worst ever health crisis in last 70 years with the country recording 400,000 cases on a daily basis with at least 4000 deaths on an average. Both IPL and T20 World Cup are set to be re-scheduled to the United Arab Emirates. "If it did start up again, I doubt the IPL would be in India again," said Neesham told Newshub.
"I think we`ve already seen plans for the T20 World Cup to move out of India later in the year and they`re going to be ultra-cautious about that sort of thing," said Neesham, who was playing for Mumbai Indians in the now suspended league. Neesham feels the bio-security lapses could be due to the fact that the teams were travelling across the country. "Even though we were flying on chartered planes, we have to go through customs, hand your details over to people, walk through terminals, so there were always going to be pinch-points there," he said. Neesham said that it is difficult to comprehend how the bubble was breached. "We obviously don`t know yet exactly how teams were infiltrated, but... it`s such a difficult prospect to keep everything perfect and when you`ve got so many guys that are close to each other, there are going to be social interactions after games.
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