India opener and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday said Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 might happen at some stage when things settle down in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak.
Rohit Sharma and his daughter Samaira joined former England batsman Kevin Pietersen in a live Instagram chat on Thursday.
When Kevin Pietersen questioned Rohit Sharma on the chances of IPL 2020, the India batsman said: "Still looking forward, fingers crossed. At some stage, if things settle down, it should happen.
"We have got a few good additions to the squad like Chris Lynn, Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile. Boult is a good buy on a pitch like Wankhede with the swinging ball, I was looking forward to that. Along with Bumrah, he would have made a good combination."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended IPL 2020 until April 15 amid the coronavirus pandemic that has led to a global health crisis.
The outbreak of Covid-19 that has infected more than 650 people and led to 16 loss of lives in India as of March 22 has disrupted normalcy across the globe. The pandemic has led to more than 21,300 deaths worldwide.
The global sporting calendar has taken a big hit due to the Covid-19 outbreak with some of the biggest sporting events, including the Tokyo Olympics, being either postponed or cancelled.
While the IPL franchises were expected to take part in a conference call to discuss the fate of the 13th edition of the cash-rich league, the Indian government's decision to enforce a 21-day lockdown till mid April to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus has added to the uncertainty.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, earlier this week, said the governing body of cricket in the country doesn't have any update when it comes to the IPL 2020 situation. The IPL is likely to pushed further with the Covid-19 crisis accelerating across the globe.
I can't say anything at the moment. We are at the same place where we were on the day we postponed. Nothing has changed in the last 10 days. So, I don't have an answer to it. Status quo remains," Ganguly told PTI in an exclusive interaction.
"You can't plan anything. The FTP is scheduled. It's there and you can't change the FTP. All around the world, cricket and more so sports has stopped," he said.