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'It gives a routine': Cummins on why continuing IPL 2021 was a 'positive' thing
Despite the Covid-19 crisis in India deepening in the past few weeks, the Indian Premier League 2021 continued in the country for the entire month of April, inciting a debate. While some were of the view that the tournament should be halted keeping the things happening in the country, others felt that it should continue as it gave the people of India under lockdown a much-needed mode of distraction. Unfortunately, as May rolled on, the Covid-19 entered IPL’s bio-bubble and with several players testing positive for the virus, the BCCI and IPL's governing council decided mutually to suspend the tournament. Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Pat Cummins, who flew to the Maldives after the tournament's suspension, gave his insights on the above-mentioned debate and explained why everyone believed continuing the tournament was a good thing at the time.
“Seeing the media from back home, it [India’s pandemic] is huge news, and rightly so given what India is going through, but I’ve never felt unsafe here," Cummins was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald.
"I've felt quite helpless and quite detached from it all being kept in comfortable hotels," he said. "We were playing games and training as every other year. I just felt that I should be doing more for the people around us.
