There Will Be 30% People In The Ground With Social Distancing Later In The Tournament: Sourav Ganguly

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Under the current circumstances and in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, cricket around the world is being played without the crowd on the ground. The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League 2020 which will start from September 19 will be no different.

However, the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has hinted that the later on in the tournament, 30% crowd may be allowed with the proper social distancing and testing.



Speaking to the Press Trust of India, the former India captain said, "Because of Covid and the infection, you don't want people to be too close to each other, but very soon you will see there will be 30% people in the ground with social distancing. They will be properly tested and allowed to enter the ground. But I think that is going to happen over a period of time".

With people not coming in the ground, the BCCI President also referring the Broadcasters of the tournament, stating that Star India, who paid INR 16347 crores for five-years of broadcast rights, are expecting higher ratings for this edition.

"Crowds will watch it on television... They [broadcasters] are actually expecting the highest rating of IPL this season because they believe if [fans] don't turn up in the ground, they will be actually watching on their television sets", Ganguly said.



Ganguly also said that holding the IPL was important to ensure a sense of normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused disruption in every aspect of daily life.

"This is just a virus which is already weakening and we will hopefully get past it. These are small bumps in our life, and we have to get past it. We could have easily avoided the IPL…but then, that's what we humans are and that's why we have survived all the difficult times".

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