Massive relief for Indian players, BCCI secretary Jay Shah made big announcement before IPL 2022 final. Jay Shah confirmed that starting from the India-South Africa series there would be no bio-bubbles for players.
BCCI secretary Jay Shah said that there would be a mandatory Covid test for players, but they do not have to be in a bubble for the course of the series. Since Covid-19 struck, cricketers have been forced to play sport in strict bio-bubbles, which have caused mental fatigue, resulting in many of them opting out of key tours and games.
However, Shah says that with their families too staying with them in the bubbles, the players also enjoyed being there. “Yes, it’s tough for the players. However, they got a family-like atmosphere inside the hotel bio-bubble. In the case of the IPL, we had hotels dedicated to each team.
The whole tournament was held at one place. All the teams had their lounges, recreational centres (to relax and unwind). So, they also enjoyed it,” said the BCCI secretary. Did he get worried when the Delhi Capitals camp was struck by multiple covid cases during IPL-15? “My reaction was that ‘we’ve to move on.’
For us, the safety and security of the players is paramount, but still, we decided to move on. We shifted DC’s match from Pune to Mumbai.We got all the players/support staff struck by covid treated properly. We kept conducting RT-PCR tests for DC’s members on a daily basis. Fortunately, all DC members were fine later,” said Shah.
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Did the BCCI have a plan B ready at that time? “No, it didn’t occur to us because the covid outbreak was only in one team,” he said. Shah was all praise for the cricket associations of Mumbai and Maharashtra for helping the BCCI organize 70 matches-the entire league stage of IPL-15, successfully.
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“We want to thank them for helping us out. If we had conducted the IPL in entire India, and there was a covid outbreak, then everyone would’ve suffered-both the players and the BCCI would’ve suffered financial losses. We organized it in Mumbai and Pune because we could do away with air travel for the teams. Ground transport was enough,” Shah explained.
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