There are stronger words to use, but I’ll settle on “disgust” at how tone deaf every cricketer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and every coach and management member have been.
This was a case for player power and for players to say “enough”.
It boggles the mind that any player can be oblivious to the Covid-19 carnage that is ripping India apart, with 300 000 daily infections and thousands of daily deaths being confirmed.
The imagery of people dying in hospital queues, of people carrying their loved ones to a place of mass burial and of people so sick because of Covid-19 has been broadcast globally.
I get that the greed and money-obsessed Indian cricket bosses and those who dictate decisions within the IPL would want to gloss over…
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Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2021-04-30