Sedhu Madhavan

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Excellent article. Agree with lot of comments here.

I am an Indian myself residing in US. My cousin and his family in Bangalore were infected with Covid and they just recovered last week. It’s true that hospital systems are strained in northern parts of country(Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai as well), cities like Chennai and states like Tamil Nadu are not overwhelmed yet. It’s going to be tough phase from here on as it spreads to other parts of country. Having said that just because my cousin got covid, he didn’t stop watching IPL. All the time I get to hear that its a stress buster.

Yes I’d agree that someone who lost their dear and near wouldn’t be in the position other than to grieve. I am of the opinion that as long as IPL is not straining any resources that’s meant for treatment of patients, I think it should be fine. But are these IPL bubbles safe? What if some one contracts covid tomorrow? Thats the question we need to raise right now.

I also get information that India may move towards complete lockdown post the state election results on May 2. India being so vast, there are approximately close to 10% of population who have the luxury of working from home(mostly software engineers, BPO’s, consultants, lawyers and management executives) and approximately there are 37% of population(laborers) who live hand-to-mouth.

Globally, the pandemic shows no sign of easing, with the virus devastating country after country.
It’s important for Cricket as well as for the Global community that India emerges stronger from this outbreak.

Is playing cricket in COVID really a welcome distraction?

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