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Ganguly Saying IPL Will Happen at Some Stage is Great News: Pathan

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Board president Sourav Ganguly’s statement that the IPL will be held this year comes as a big reassurance for cricketers, said former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan, who feels that having a T20 World Cup in Australia is a difficult proposition.

The likelihood of having an IPL has increased significantly with BCCI president Ganguly making his intent clear to host the tournament, in a letter to state associations.  At the same time, Cricket Australia stressing that this year’s T20 World Cup seems unrealistic amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I just read the statement yesterday that they are trying their best to have an IPL. Everybody is looking forward to that stage,” Pathan said on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’. Pathan believes Australia are a stickler for norms and hosting an entire tournament with quarantine restrictions in place, to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak which has has infected over 8.2 million people across the globe, seems logistically difficult.