XtraTime Web Desk: Former Sri Lanka captain and currently the chief of MCC, Kumar Sangakkara on Friday said that postponement of the T20 World Cup could be a likely option keeping in minds the health concerns of the players and everyone involved. Speaking on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’, Sangakkara said, “The real thing is what’s going to happen with the virus. Is it going to disappear like SARS and MERS, or is this something that’s going to come back seasonally? Will we have to live with this particular virus or different strains of it from time to time or do we have to live with it long term?”
He added, “If that’s the case, then some of the changes that we have seen in our lives now, may be the new normal for us for a few years until a vaccine is found or until there’s enough immunity globally among the people to withstand this. So, those are really questions that I don’t think anyone can answer at the moment. We will get more clarity as time goes by.” “Every day, there are new learnings, new things being found out, so we will have to wait and see, but the options may be to cancel it this year, postpone it to another year, but to have in place anticipatory procedures that take into account health and safety of both the players and the spectators, and make sure that’s iron clad,” said Sangakkara.
The fate of the T20 World Cup in Australia scheduled to be held later this year in October-November will be known when the ICC executive committee meets on June 10.