Impact Of Coronavirus Pandemic On IPL And Cricket:
The outbreak of coronavirus has had a massive impact on the lives of people around the globe. It has taken the world to an unprecedented, probably warlike standstill and has also impacted global share markets. Even the big sports events have come to a halt, and sporting associations, leagues and teams have suffered tremendous losses as well.
This also contributed to the indefinite postponement of IPL 2020. If the IPL 2020 is cancelled entirely, players pockets are to take a big blow. However the coaching staff of the IPL teams should not be as deeply affected by this situation. Regarding their fees, a contingency plan is already in effect.
Sources say that coaching and support staff of every team are qualified to earn the 8-10 crore’s salary. All staff who have worked in the background since the IPL 2020 auction will be paid for their work. Two big names are Ricky Ponting and Brendon McCullum who are DC and KKR coaches respectively.
The salaries of the coaches are not the issue, Those that have worked 24 hours a day and franchise workers will receive their pay. The source added that if the tournament is cancelled, cricketers won’t make any money. It will be interesting to see what BCCI does, when the tournament stands cancelled, with the insurance money that it earns.
The country’s condition doesn’t look good either, which is why it looks like the IPL 2020 is likely to be cancelled. The BCCI is expected to suffer major losses if the IPL 2020 gets called off. An anonymous BCCI official, speaking with Mumbai Mirror, said that if the cash-rich league is cancelled the board is looking at a loss of 2,000 crores. This in turn, would affect player’s salaries. Not only this, the BCCI is also looking for new dates to conduct the most awaited 13th edition of IPL 2020 tournament towards October and November.
