The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has stopped all actions across the globe including cricket. It has been more than two months now the cricket fans have stayed without their favourite sport. As everything is gradually edging closer towards a restart, India head coach Ravi Shastri has set his priorities clear for the near future.
Indian cricketers have been out of actions since BCCI called off the South Africa series midway. The first ODI in Dharamsala was called off due to inclement weather before BCCI had to call off the series due to adverse conditions. While many cricketing events so far, including bilateral series and the Indian Premier League, have been postponed. ICC has also held the discussions of the ICC T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in Australia later this year.
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However, for Ravi Shastri, however, the priority is to get domestic cricket, including IPL, underway, followed by bilateral international series. Talking about global events like the T20 World Cup, it is a plain and simple no from the India head coach.
“I wouldn’t put too much emphasis on world events right now. Stay at home, ensure domestic cricket comes back to normal, cricketers at all levels — international, First Class, etc — all get back on the field. That’s the most important bit,” Shastri said to TOI.
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“Second: Start with bilateral cricket. If we (India) had to choose between hosting a World Cup and a bilateral tour, obviously, we’d settle for the bilateral. Instead of 15 teams flying in, we’d settle for one team flying in and playing an entire bilateral series at one or two grounds,” Shastri asserted.
Furthermore, Ravi Shastri admitted that the last couple of months have been horrible from the sportsperson’s point of view. The former India all-rounder also stated that much like others, he is heartbroken seeing the world suffer like this.