Former Indian batsman and now a mentor of the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, VVS Laxman has said that the decision of suspending the tournament this year was an unfortunate but right decision considering the circumstances following the breach of biosecure bubbles.
"Unfortunate as it might appear, the right decision was taken to suspend the IPL following the breach of biosecure bubbles of four franchises across two cities,” Laxman wrote in a column for Times of India.
He said the fact that carefully managed biosecure bubbles which are considered very safe and secure in nature got breached shows that the novel coronavirus does not allow people to let their guard down, even for a millisecond.
"In these unprecedented times, physical safety and mental health are of paramount importance. That even carefully structured bubbles can be breached is another lesson in our battle against the coronavirus -- to never let our guard down, even for a millisecond,” he added.
He said that the Sunirsers Hyderabad side was full of confidence that their biosecure bubble was intact while they were moving from one city to another—in their case, from Chennai to New Delhi. But, as cases of Covid-19 started surfacing in the other camps led to apprehensions in the SRH camp which was followed by one of their own Wriddhiman Shah returning a positive result for the virus.
“We had full confidence in the protocols that had been put in place even when we moved from one city to another, but once we learnt of the positive tests in the Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings camp, our apprehensions mounted,” Laxman opened up on SRH thought process.
Laxman extended best wishes to Wriddhiman Saha and at the same time wondered how did the wicketkeeper-batsman contract the virus while living in a highly secure biosecure bubble.