Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has backed Michael Vaughan’s suggestion to host the remainder of IPL 2021 after the Test series against England. Incidentally, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) halted the tournament after a couple of bio-bubble breaches amid the COVID19 crisis in the country.
Ever since the tournament was postponed, speculations on when the tournament is going to restart. It has also been reported that BCCI has asked ECB to prepone the five-match Test series for the board to conduct the remaining matches of the IPL. However, that report was denied by England’s cricket board, who maintained that no such request has been made by BCCI.
In the wake of it, former England skipper Michael Vaughan also gave his suggestion regarding the restart of the league in a tweet.
“Simple solution. Play the First Indian Test a week earlier. No England Test players would then potentially play the 100 so fringe Indian Test players replace them. Then the IPL can finish. Good deal all round,” Vaughan wrote on Twitter.
Simple solution .. Play the First Indian Test a week earlier .. No England Test players would then potentially play the 100 so Fringe Indian Test players replace them .. Then the IPL can finish .. Good deal all round .. #ENGvIND
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) May 20, 2021
While Michael Vaughan’s comments copped a lot of criticisms, popular commentator Aakash Chopra has liked the suggestions. Indian players are not allowed to play in foreign leagues but Chopra has said that ‘an exception can be made for this one tournament’.
“I liked Michael Vaughan’s suggestion a lot. If you are taking care of my interests, it is my duty to take care of your interests. So, if you start the Test series a week earlier, we will release our fringe players for The Hundred,” said Chopra.
“They can have 4-5 Indian players for The Hundred. To date, no current Indian player has been allowed in any of the world’s T20 leagues. But we make an exception for this one tournament,” added Aakash Chopra.
