BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has recently hinted that there is a possibility of playing the whole Indian Premier League’s upcoming season without crowds. He said that it could be a possibility and it depends on the situation.
Talking about the recent Test matches in the England tour of India series which was played in front of crowd, Ganguly said that the situation is completely different.
“Don’t know yet, depends on the situation,” Ganguly told India Today on Monday. “It’s [IPL] slightly different than a bilateral [series]. If you open up to crowds, there are teams playing in middle, there are teams practising outside as well. Lot of these stadiums have practice pitches outside, and teams practice there because they play every day. So to open it up to crowds, you expect them to get closer to the practicing teams. So that could be a bit of a risk.”
If it happens, this will be the second time the IPL will be played behind the closed stadium. IPL 2020 was played in the UAE without crowds and the tournament, anyway was a hit.
IPL 2021 will begin from the first week of April and all the matches will be played at neutral venue.
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