No Board of Control for Cricket in India authority has publicly answered the question on the fate of the 2021 Indian Premier League but according to an internal mail circulated among the franchise on Monday (May 3) morning, the BCCI is 'monitoring the situation'. It has only informed the anxious franchises that they will be updated in due course.
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As COVID-19 cases worsen in IPL bio bubbles, BCCI 'monitoring the situation'
Two players from KKR were tested positive for COVID-19 © BCCI/IPL
"In the light of recent developments that have happened over last 24 hours, please find below a media release that is being issued. We will keep monitoring the situation and provide further details and updates," IPL CEO Hemang Amin wrote to the franchises with an attachment of the press statement on the Kolkata Knight Riders players testing positive.
Since that mail, there have been more developments, with a couple of members of the Chennai Super Kings team returning positive. The CSK officials have told Cricbuzz that the BCCI will make an announcement on the status of their team members but the development has cast a shadow on Tuesday's game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians in Delhi.
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